This study aims at identifying the reasons for the absence of teachers from official work as perceived by school principals and teachers in the Directorate of Education in Batinah South. It also seeks to detect the effect of the variables of targeted sample and gender on the causes of absence from the principals and teachers' point of view. This study also searches the effect of the variables of experience, social status, place of work, nationality, and extra income except salary on the absence of teachers from the perspective of teachers themselves. It also attempts to find whether there are statistically significant differences between the causes of teachers' absence according to the variables of qualification and financial grade. The sample consists of (298) schools principals and teachers [37 principals and 261 teachers] in Batinah South schools. A questionnaire was administered on the sample .

This study aims at identifying the reasons for the absence of teachers from official work as perceived by school principals and teachers in the Directorate of Education in Batinah South. It also seeks to detect the effect of the variables of targeted sample and gender on the causes of absence from...