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CAUSES OF
INDISCIPLINE AMONG PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Indiscipline
in public secondary schools has become an alarming issue in the Nigerian
society. Public secondary schools are expected to be developed with the
required facilities and staff in order to cater for the high demands for
quality education. Also there are policies that have been proposed by the
government to improve educational standards in the country. However in spite of
the policies and the various bodies created to oversee the issues of public
secondary schools in Nigeria to ensure quality education, learning institutions
in the Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have been plagued with
cases of students’ unrest and indiscipline
which in many ways undermines quality education
Indiscipline
is a behavioural disorder that is classified as an act of delinquency. Just
like, lying, stealing and playing truant or running away from home. It is often
the cause of a lot of mental, emotional and also physical damage, such as
damage to property in homes as well as in schools. An undisciplined child is an
uncontrollable child and can do just about any damage when he or she does not
get whatever he or she wants
Also the
nature of indiscipline is generally classified. According to Nwana (1971) the
major offences committed by students in some schools in the Western region
include stealing, lying, bulling, lateness to school, rioting, cruelty, absence
and truancy. For Ozula (1986) Some of the act of indiscipline include;
disobedience, vandalisation, quarrelling, fighting, rioting, wickedness,
absenteeism, violence, dishonesty, arson, idleness, disorderliness, laziness,
smuggling, jealousy, gossip, drunkenness, greed, selfishness, discrimination,
corruption, bribery, drug abuse, sex, and raping. Others are lawlessness,
kidnapping, murder, oppression, misappropriation of fund and mismanagement. For
public schools in Uyo local Government area of Akwa Ibom State some major
attributes of indiscipline include fighting, stealing, assault, absenteeism,
rudeness, truancy, lateness, exam malpractice.
Public
schools are schools sponsored by the government and are usually limited to
state jurisdiction, it is usually free or less tuition fee, depending on the
state government. Akwa Ibom State is one of the states blessed with the policy
of free education and the public schools in Uyo Local Government Area of the
state are beneficiaries of this policy.
Although it has been noticed that not much has been invested in public
schools as most public schools are left with dilapidated structures, damaged or
non infrastructures, unprofessional teachers or less considerations for
effective teachers thereby diminishing their motivation.
The
principals’ conference held in (1977) identified some factors that contribute
to the causes of indiscipline in schools. These factors include facilities and
equipment, authoritarian method of administration, insufficient moral and
religious institutions, inadequate proper communication among principals, staff
and students, lack of security, poor devotion to study and poor attitude to
learning.
The problem
of indiscipline in schools, according to some authors should be guided by the
schools’ administrators who must in a way formulate a set of rules to guide the
students, in what they are expected to do and not to do. Also to make the
enforcement of school rules easy by explaining the reasons for making a rule
particularly, if it is one that students do not like. If students were made to
understand the reason behind the set rules, they are more likely to co-operate
in obeying it. These and many more will be discussed in subsequent chapters as
regards measures and policies set to curb indiscipline in public secondary
schools in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
The issue of
indiscipline has effect on different aspect of the state which has caused
continuous loss in terms of human resources and property due to indiscipline in
schools. Quality education is also undermined, as invaluable learning time is
lost. Another consequence is that the goals for industrialisation and economic
recovery for the state may not be achieved if the human and other resources are
wasted during the unrest that comes as a result of indiscipline.
Indiscipline
cuts across all aspect of human environment and has caused a lot of setbacks in
schools and the society at large. Indiscipline is like a cankerworm that has
eaten deep into the fabrics of the society. It breeds lawlessness and
lawlessness breeds crime, and consequently self-destruction. Indiscipline in
schools contributes to lack of success in one’s life, if allowed to linger on
for a long time.
Edem (1982)
states that indiscipline is the violation of school rules and regulations which
is capable of obstructing the smooth and orderly functioning of the school
system and should be consequently avoided through perfect orientation of
students and imposition of positive sanction in case of obvious violation of
the order. Indiscipline is the inability of students and/or teachers to respect
authority, to also observe and obey school rules and regulations. It is also a
social disorder which hampers a high standard of behaviour conducive to
maintenance of teaching – learning process.
According to
Adeyemo (1985) rules and regulations in most cases affect students more than
any other factor because they are made by the school authorities in order to
guide and protect the students while in school. The principal’s conference
(1999) suggested some rules and regulations that govern student discipline in
Nigeria schools. It stipulates methods and procedure for minor and severe
disciplinary measures such as corporal punishment, suspension and student
expulsion. Rules and regulations are drawn for the orderly conduct of the
school affairs. Some of them are written and others are implied and they are
recognised by law.
This work
examines the nature and causes of indiscipline in schools, with a view to
suggesting strategies for curbing the problem
in Uyo local government area of Akwa Ibom State.
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