Statistical Analysis on Volunteering Activity Among Pre-University Students
List of Authors
  • Abdul Rashid Salleh Hudin, Huay Woon You, Mohd Zahidi Azizah

Keyword
  • Volunteering Activity, Pre-university Students, Social Responsibility, Academic Performance

Abstract
  • Volunteering activity is an opportunity for the students to provide service to a community on a short-term basis. Volunteering focuses on the service delivered, with the service recipient acting as the beneficiary. Student volunteering as a form of community participation is not only a key aspect of higher education’s goal, but it is also a curricular activity that contributes significantly to experiential learning. In view of this, the influence on students following from the involvement in volunteer activities is worth to study. This paper discusses the implications for the students participating in volunteering activities with respect to their understanding, knowledge, social responsibility, personal development and academic performance. The response was based on the 10-points Likert scale. A total of 74 students are randomly selected in this study to answer the survey. Data analysis was presented in the form of tables and figure. From the findings, students agreed that the volunteering activities contribute to their academic performance with overall mean 8.02 which is the highest, followed with understanding (7.70) and knowledge (7.39) in volunteering. This shows that volunteering activities can enhance the academic performance, understanding and knowledge among the students. In addition, a correlation analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between the domains in volunteering. The results demonstrated that there is significant positive correlation between understanding, knowledge, social responsibility, personal development and academic performance in volunteering. This provides a positive direction that volunteering activities are highly encouraged to be incorporated in a subject.

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