DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2016.v04i01.016

Pages: 94-97

This study assessed how working students manage their time in both studies and work. It identified some of the difficulties students undergo as they strive to finish the career they want. There were 122 of the working students in the campus who were taken as the respondents using the descriptive method to analyze their plight as they struggle to give light to their very difficult lives. They readily answered all the questions given in the questionnaire. Majority of the working students are female, single, with ages ranging from 17-23. They sacrifice to work to meet their financial needs especially in paying their fees, food expenses, housing, school needs, and some important personal needs. The reasons of being a working student are financial problem of the family, need for extra allowance, to be independent and to buy their personal needs. Most of the working students are sleepy during class hours because they don’t have enough time to sleep especially when the work schedule is night shift. Despite their hectic schedule, most of them still have time to scan or review their lessons. The university with the help of the government should find ways on how to extend assistance to poor but deserving students, especially those who live in far flung areas where education would be the hope to save them from miserable life.