Students Discipline and Academic Performance: A Case Study Selected Schools in Manafwa District, Buwagogo Sub County

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2019-09
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Kampala International University, school of Arts with education
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The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of discipline management on students~ academic performance. The study was conducted under three research objectives. These were; to identify some of the approaches to school discipline, to assess the student’s attitude towards the various disciplinary measures used on them, to assess the effect of discipline on academic performance. The study employed survey research design particularly cross sectional survey design. Questionnaire was the main instrument of data collection in addition to interview guide and document review. The major findings of the study were; all schools have written rules and regulations but which they don’t understand, some rules and regulations require modifications and others lack consistence in their implementation, which raises students~ anger leading to violence, strikes and aggression. Also time is poorly managed in school where the designed timetables are not respected. Punishments were found to be unfairly administered that causes dissatisfaction, anger and thus inducing acts of indiscipline such as strikes, vandalism of school property as well as violence among students. The study came up with the following conclusions based on the study findings; much as school rules help in controlling students~ behavior in the school, their awareness is lacking among students. Also time being a scarce resource and need to be well planned for through a time The study also proposed some recommendations to deal with the wide spread and increasing levels of indiscipline among adolescent youths in secondary schools in Uganda. These include, strengthening school rules and regulations, strengthening counseling and guidance in schools than expelling them, having a uniform discipline code, which will assist schedule, this timetable lack respect and therefore not followed as expected causing parents, students and other stakeholders to appreciate the role of punishments in schools.
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A Research Report Submitted To The College Of Education, Open Distance And E-Learning In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirement Of The Award Of A Bachelors Degree Of Arts With Education Of Kampala International University
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Students Discipline and Academic Performance, Manafwa District, Buwagogo Sub County
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