The Effect Of Drug Abuse On The Behavior Of Students In Selected Secondary Schools Of Nsangi Town Council, Wakiso District
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Date
2019-07
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Kampala International University, school of Arts with education
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate on the effect of drug abuse on the
students’ behavior in both government and community secondary schools in
Uganda. The study was guided by the following objectives; to investigate the
causes of drug abuse among secondary students in Nsangi Town Council, to
establish the effects of drug abuse on the behavior of students in Nsangi Town
Council and to determine the possible remedies to the problems of drug abuse
among secondary students in Nsangi Town Council. This study also employed
descriptive survey research design. The target population for this study consisted
ofallfive (5) secondary schools comprising offive head teachers, ten (10) teachers,
ten(10) BOG members and one hundred (100) students who were selected using
systematic sampling and simple random sampling. The sample size was 125
respondents. The data collection tools for this study were questionnaires, interview
guides used to assess the validity and reliability of the research instruments. The
data was analyzed quantitatively guided by the research objectives. The
researcher used statistical package for social science (SPSS) to analyze the data.
The results were presented as per the research questions. The study established
that the causes of drug abuse among students were weak legislation and law
enforcement, lack of moral learning standard, deteriorating morality, degraded
methods of punishment, low parental involvement in education and failure of
school system. These results into falling standard of education, destruction of
school property, high school dropout, poor academic performance, interruption from
sleep, study and humiliation of other colleagues. The researcher recommends that;
the government should put in place the strategies that can prompt stakeholders in
providing participatory support and help in protecting young people from drug
abuse; there is need for affirmative policy formulation to provide use of students
friendly disciplinary measures like guidance and counseling as a subject in the
teachers training curriculum in order to produce professional teachers counselors,
public awareness through education or sensitization on the dangers of drug abuse,
reinforcement of government policies and programme to strengthen the
administration and management of the school
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A Research Report Submitted to the College of Education Open and Distance Learning in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Arts with Education of Kampala International University
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Effect Of Drug Abuse On The Behavior Of Students In Selected Secondary Schools, Nsangi Town Council, Wakiso District