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    Discipline and academic performance among secondary school students in Mbale town, Mbale district
    (Kampala International University, College/School of Education, 2018-05) Gidudu, David
    The purpose ofthis study was to find out the influence of discipline on students’ academic performance in Mbale Town, Mbale District. The study was guided by three objectives; to establish how the administration of school rules and regulations affect students’ academic performance ; to establish how observance to time management affect students’ academic performance in secondary schools and to analyze how the administration of punishments affect students’ academic performance in secondary .This study was conducted in five secondary schools which were; Mbale secondary school, Nkoma secondary school, Mbale High school, University Link high school and Town side High school.The study employed descriptive research design where questionnaires and interview guides were the main instruments for data collection. Data was collected and analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively by use of frequencies, percentages and narrative representation respectively then later presented in tables for interpretation. Findings shows that the first three schools has suitable school rules and regulations, use and implement different mechanism, apply fair and consistence punishments, also had suitable rules and regulations contrary to last two schools which had unsuitable rules and regulations and do not implement different mechanisms, apply unfair and inconsistence punishment and had written rules which had no supervision. Conclusion, students should be aware of school rules and regulations, fair, consistence punishments, same mechanisms to communicate, motivation, recruitment and selection procedure to teachers and students. Recommendation, there should be meetings between schools to share experiences on disciplinerelated matters vis-â-vis academic performance. Parents-teachers relationship should be established. Further research can be carried out focusing on the role of school discipline on students’ academic performance in other parts the country or the whole country for comparative analysis V