The Causes and Effect of Indiscipline Among Students in Secondary School: A Case Study of Egor Local Government Area
Chapter One
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are
- To ascertain whether parental influence and upbringing of the child contribute to the indiscipline of the child
- To ascertain whether society at large encourage indiscipline among students through its customs ways of life
- To ascertain whether socio-economic attainment of a child’s parent got anything to do with indiscipline of the child
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
THE MEANING AND NATURE OF DISCIPLINE
According to Jonathan Crowther (1968) Discipline is seen as a set of rules for conduct method by which training may be given. In essence, discipline is the conformity with laid down rules, procedures, values and patterns of acceptable behaviour within any specified context. This element of conformity with the required standard is a necessary element of system persistence and orderly change. The point is that no system can survive as an ongoing concern if there are no laid down rules of conduct and if there are no minimal standards beyond which deviation will not be tolerated. Discipline is thus contextual. Each organization be it political system, the educational system, the employing organization and name it, possesses understanding or its order and the standard required to maintain and ensure it. This is the basis of indiscipline and it is a necessary aspect of the attainment of the goals of any of the units mentioned above especially the educational system. According to Ezeilo, (1978) Indiscipline is when there is a total break of law and order. It is also a partial deviation from acceptable patterns of behaviour within any specified social unit. The problem of indiscipline has in recent times became a national concern indiscipline manifest itself in several spares of both school and society. Akubue (1991) States that the situation of indiscipline in school has generated a lot of concern with no positive action to arrest the situation. Indiscipline in school also include such unwanted and retrogressive acts like sexual abuse, smoking drug abuse, drunkness carefuless attitude, rudeness/insubordination, truancy refused to do assignment, cheating and lots of other social vices. He stated that in recent years students also exhibit different indiscipline behaviour in school ranging from aggressing delinquency, stealing, truancy, laziness, temper tantrum, bulling, fighting, lying etc. it will be seen that things are no more what they use to be when the school were in the hand of different voluntary agencies and adequate disciplinary measure were taken against any act of indiscipline and misbehavior among children and their teachers. Ezilo (1978) says that after the Nigeria civil war, the reverse was the case. There were many changes in our school system. For stance, some states took over schools from their owners in 1970 in bid to rehabilitate them as a result of the damages to them during the war. On this account children from different social background mixed up in school and emphasis on moral behaviour which was prevalent before the civil war started degenerating at alarming rate. He said that many homes contributed to students indiscipline, for example, in the home where parent fight each other, there is very tendency that the child from that family will be wild and here by constituting nuisance in the school.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought the causes and effect of discipline among students in secondary school
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information the causes and effect of discipline among students in secondary school. 200 staff of some selected secondary schools in Egor local government of Lagos state was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain the causes and effect of indiscipline among students in secondary school. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of the causes and effect of indiscipline among students in secondary school
Summary
This study was on the causes and effect of indiscipline among students in secondary school. Four objectives were raised which included: 1. To ascertain whether parental influence and upbringing of the child contribute to the indiscipline of the child, to ascertain whether society at large encourage indiscipline among students through its customs ways of life and to ascertain whether socio-economic attainment of a child’s parent got anything to do with indiscipline of the child. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected secondary school in Egor local government area, Lagos state. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made are principals, vice principals administration, senior staff and junior staff were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
From the findings of the study, it is believed that indiscipline of students is as a result of parental influence, teachers’ attitude, government activities and peer-group influence. Therefore, to curb indiscipline among the students, attention must be given to parental influence, teachers’ attitude, government activities and peer group influence.
Recommendation
The findings of the study have revealed that all the factors investigated are important in any attempt to curb indiscipline among secondary school students, hence, the following were recommended:
- Both the home and school environment should be made exciting and conducive for learning to the children (students), and other educational requirement such as library, laboratory, workshop should be provided and equipped by parents, teachers, government and all stakeholders in education.
- Cordial relationship should exist between parents and schools authorities through active membership of Parents’ Teachers Association (PTA).
- The mass and electronic media should be used to enlighten all stakeholders in the areas investigated on the effect of indiscipline in the society.
- There should be reward for good conduct and punishment for bad conduct at home, school and society at large by parents, teachers and government.
- All schools should have a competent professional Guidance Counselor. 6. Students should be taught on how to have good behaviour and respect by parents, teachers and all stakeholders that will be acceptable in the society.
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