ABSTRACT
This study
investigated Academic Indiscipline and
Failure among Secondary School Students. (A case study of some selected schools
in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State). The general purpose of
this study was to investigate the Academic Indiscipline and Failure among Secondary
School Students. The research method adopted in this study was a
descriptive survey method and data were collected from both primary and
secondary source. The accessible population of the study was 800 individuals
(both male and female including staff, students and parents) of the selected
school in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. A well structured
questionnaire was used as the main instrument of data gathering. However, eight
secondary schools were selected for the purpose of this study while a
convenient sampling technique was applied. The total number of questionnaires
distributed was 800 in all the eight schools and 500 were returned to the
researcher which was the sample size. The data was summarized and interpreted
using simple percentage. The responses from the questionnaires were measured
with likert scale. Based on the data collected, the following findings were
made with regards to types of academic indiscipline and how it linked to
failure. These types include: defiance of school authority, class disruptions,
truancy, fighting, use of profanity, theft, examination malpractice, leaving
campus without permission and so many others. These acts of indiscipline can
lead to failure, thus: repetition of class, bad result, drop out, engage more
in risky behaviours, looking older than class mates etc. The researcher
recommended that there should be adequate facilities for teaching and learning;
parents and teachers should show good examples to students; Moral punishment,
rewards, praise and blame create room for reinforcement of positive
performance; schools should abolish harsh rules and regulations, Parents should
give their children the necessary home training; All secondary schools have
guidance and counselors.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Statement of the Problem of the
Study
Purpose of the Study
Significance of the Study
Scope of the Study
Research Questions
CHAPTER
TWO
REVIEW
OF RELATED LITERATURE
Conceptual Frameworks
Theoretical Frameworks
Review of Related Empirical Studies
Summary of Literature Review
CHAPTER
THREE
RESEARCH
METHODS/METHODOLOGY
Research Design
Area of the Study
Population of the Study
Sample and Sampling Technique
Instrument for Data Collection
Validation of the Instrument
Reliability of the Instrument
Method of Data Collection
Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER
FOUR
ANALYSIS
OF DATA AND RESULTS
Analysis of Research Question
CHAPTER
FIVE
Discussions of the Result
Conclusions
Educational Implications
Suggestions for Further Studies
Limitations
Summary of the Study
Recommendations
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Indiscipline may be said to be as old as
the time when men started to organize him into society and consequently made
laws to order the affairs of men in a social set up. In the Holy Scripture Cain
exhibited some form of indiscipline when he out of envy murdered his brother
Abel in their abode. According to Oxford Advanced learners Dictionary (7th
editions) failure is lack of success in doing or achieving something. It is
pertinent (relevant) to know that everybody in every walk of life is afraid of
failure. According to American Heritage (R) Dictionary, failure is lack of
discipline or restraint (control) while failure to fulfill promise is called
indiscipline. We have heard of people engaging in indiscipline behaviour on
daily basis. Many of our students today especially those in our secondary
school exhibit various forms of indiscipline in form of juvenile delinquency.
This could be in the form of arson, murder and robbery etc. these acts involve
both adult and youths, the rate of indiscipline tends to be on the increase in
the modern world. Africa is not an exception of this general increase in the
young stars, negative attitude to constituted authority.
This
rate of indiscipline tends to be on an increase despite the various measure
taken by successive government most especially Nigeria, to curb the menace
among our students so as to bring about a socially stable society. We read our
newspapers and hear from the electronic media of students in the country
committing all forms of crimes raging from the violation of parental
regulations to truancy, stealing, assault, robbery and other socially
undesirable behaviours. Available information shows that our students are most
frequently implicated in the acts of indiscipline that in every five caught for
a criminal offence; there are usually young stars. These offence ranges from
drugs and robbery. During the military rule, several measures were put in place
to curb the trends, on its assumption to power on the 31st December 1983, the
government of general Mohammuadu Buhari (Rtd) made it known that one of the
causes of our problems in our country (Nigeria) was indiscipline and as such,
the war against indiscipline (WAI) was introduced into all aspects of the life
of the nation. Also our past head of states, General Sani Abacha (Lt) on
assumption I office (1993) launched the war against indiscipline and corruption
(WAIC). President Olusegun Obasanjo also launched independent corrupt practices
commission (ICPC) and economic financial crime commission (EFCC). This was
aimed at checking the various corrupt practices in our society. Despite all
these commendable effort of our youth are still very much indiscipline. The
Nigeria youth is yet to embrace the principles behind the war against
indiscipline and corruption programme even when he is supposed to have great
roles to play in the success of the programme. There is often the saying that
our youths are the leaders of tomorrow, but from what happens on a daily basis,
one is forced to wonder if actually the youths are the future leader of
tomorrow, if they could actually be entrusted with the leadership roles of the
futures, people from various works of life have expressed concern. Olusegun
Obasanjo formal president and head of state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
lamented over the rate of indiscipline in the Nigeria society. He pointed
accusing fingers to most youths and adults noting that they suffering from what
he called social, moral, political and economic indiscipline. Also formal head
of state general Ibrahim Babaginda confirmed the obvious fact that the rate of
indiscipline and crime among youths was growing fast. He said moral decadence
is threatening the nation as evidenced by the get rich quick syndrome that
pervaded all facts of the society. Crimes of violence in which our young stars
are involved in indication of the malaise which affects most of our
communities. (Daily Times 26th December, 1985. pp 1). The problem of
indiscipline among students is fast becoming a canker worm that is eaten deeper
and deeper in to the fabric of our society and thereby constituting a greater
threatens to the stability of the nation.
Indiscipline
of various types has eaten deep into the fabric of the social system, it is a
problem that is increasing at a fast rate and needs prompt attention. We have
come to notice that hardly any family exists without a child possessing one
trait of indiscipline or the other. It is either the child steals, is rude, not
well mannered, runs away from classes, and or at time if the child is a female,
it may be that she posses indulgent illiant sexual acts which may create great
concerns for the parents. It is also possible that the child is one way or the
other drug addict. In whatever way it is viewed whether the child exhibits any
of these features or many others, which are socially undesirable, such a child
is certainly a problem to the family and the society at large. It is also sad,
to note that student indiscipline has had a lot of negative effects on the school
system and learning, many academic calendar are being disrupted as a result of
this indiscipline many students now form themselves into gangs, they threaten
the life of fellow students and even teachers.
It
is as a result of this indiscipline that we now have secreted societies or
secrete cults even in our primary and secondary schools is necessary for the
nation to pay attention to the frequent indiscipline among our students, if she
is to achieve fame and progress in all field of human endeavour,. This is
because the fate of any nation depends on the youths she breeds, as they are
the leaders of tomorrow.
Statement of the Problem
It is with dismay (a worried, sad
feeling) to observe the damaged academic indiscipline has done to our schools
even our secondary schools which the preparatory stage of higher education.
Teachers are not coping well with the implementation of the curriculum, hence
the low achievement of the product of secondary schools illiteracy.
Despite the efforts by the
stakeholders to instill discipline in schools, such as strengthening of Board
of Management to deal decisively with this problem and training of administers
and teachers through workshops, indiscipline has persistently remained a big
problem. There are many extreme cases of indiscipline that attract newspapers
headlines, there are routine cases of truancy, boycotting
of lessons, watching and practicing pornography, lies telling, violence,
dishonesty, disobedient to teachers, prefects, and school administration,
rapping school/class mates, alcohol consumption, confronting and stabbing
teachers in schools, vandalism, lateness to school, cultism, drug abuse,
insulting/assaulting, stealing, absenteeism, fighting and other example
of indiscipline in the classroom which do not appear or are reported in the
Newspapers. Parents blame teachers for the indiscipline among school children
and teachers blame parents, government and school administrators for the
indiscipline in the society. Student’s misconduct in the Classroom interferes with teaching and learning and is thought
to be precursor to later school dropout and similar negative social out-comes.
A close investigation on why our students fail in
their Senior Secondary especially on Economics will reveal the fact that most
of the students, susceptible i.e influenced or harmed to failure are those who
indulge in academic indiscipline such as truancy, lateness to school, fighting,
vandalism (crime of destroying or damaging something) and others.
The rate at which
students are engaging in different vices is breath taking. Many measures have
been applied in recent past by government and school administrators in the bid
to check the occurrence of indiscipline. However, the worry is that despite all
stern measures the rate of indiscipline among students is on the increase.
Measures have not adequately addressed the situation. However,
the researcher discovered in recent times that students’ poor academic
performance is attributed to school’s administrator, teacher and student
indiscipline. Indiscipline in schools can manifest itself in students’ violent
behaviour, poor disciplinary style, ineffectiveness and inefficiency of
teacher, poor time management, and ineffective code of conduct and so on. These
acts of indiscipline engage by the schools disrupt learning and have direct
impact on students’ achievement. This has enabled the researcher to pose
the question: have parents, school counselors and religious organizations in
schools abandoned or neglected their duties in nurturing their children of
becoming acceptable citizens of the community and the future? With this
nonchalant attitude, teachers find it difficult to motivate their learners to
learn because they equally lack peace and motivation within the school.
Purpose of the Study
The general purpose of this study is aimed at
Investigating into Academic Indiscipline and Failure among Secondary School Students
in Economics. (A case study of some selected schools n Enugu East Local
Government Area of Enugu State). Specifically, the study seeks to:
1.
Critically define indiscipline and
failure in secondary schools in Enugu.
2.
Identify the frequent and regular types
of indiscipline in secondary schools in Enugu east local government.
3. Investigate
the causes of academic indiscipline and failure into our schools.
4. Recommend
possible ways of cubing academic indiscipline and failure among secondary
school students.
Significance of the Study
The
study is significant to the students, teachers, principals, parents and the
society at large. This study would be of immense help to the secondary schools
as it would investigate clearly why our students are involved in academic
indiscipline and how it relate to their
failure in examination It will also want
to find out positive and lasting solution towards their being made better
examination candidates especially in compulsory subjects like economics.
The
study will enable the, principal to be aware of the causes of indiscipline
among secondary school student and this will help to find strategies which they
will implement in the school in order to reduce the high rate of indiscipline
in their various schools. The principals should make sure that they have enough
teachers to teach the students. School heads, will discover what negative role
they play and which in turn affect events that can lead to indiscipline in
school. They will then adjust their administrative loopholes and forge ahead
for a well-disciplined schools system. They should encourage their economics
teachers to attend workshops organized for them. The principals in
collaboration with the government, and PTA will make sure that every material
needed for teaching and learning of Economics is provided. The secondary
schools should make sure that Economics get enough periods on the time.
The
out come of this study will enrich the teachers’ arsenal of knowledge; in that
it will enable the teacher to identify the various problems of students and the
study will place the teachers at a good position to find out the best remedy in
handling in disciplined student in the school.
This study will be of great benefit to teachers and students of
economics because the information from this research work will review some
important data such as advise the teachers to further their education and get
more knowledge on the study of economics and find ways to make it interesting.
The teachers in charge of guidance and counseling departments may find this
research useful to manage their roles more effectively in modeling the
student’s behavior.
With
this study parents should be aware that they should train their children at
home so that they can be good mannered and behave well in school. Hence there
is a saying that says that charity begins at home.
The study would also be useful to the government and
policy makers in formulating policies that will ensure a disciplined and
patriotic behaviour on the part of the students. The findings would provide
valuable information to the Ministry of Education as well as to the Teachers
Service Commission. The Ministry of Education may use the findings to influence
management of discipline in secondary schools while the Teacher Service Commission
may use the findings to influence deployment of head teachers in the country.
This
will help in wiping out of indiscipline among out students so that teaching
learning atmosphere will be conducive and free dangers. In such an environment,
there will be better enhancement of knowledge. This study may also open doors
for further research on the issues of indiscipline.
Scope of the Study
This
study limits its scope to investigation into academic indiscipline and failure
among secondary school students in economics. This study is a case study that
was carried out in some selected schools in Enugu east local government area of
Enugu state. These school incudes:
1. Annunciation
Secondary School Nike
2. Girls
Secondary School Abakpa Nike
3. National
Grammar School Enugu
4. St.
Patrick’s College Emene
5. Transekulu
Girl’s Secondary School Enugu
6. Umuchigbo
High School Iji-Nike
7. Girls
Secondary School, Emene
8. Community
Secondary School Ugwuogo Nike
Research Question
The
following research question has been drafted out to guide the researcher carry
out a fruitful research thus:
1.
Critically analyze indiscipline and
failure among the secondary schools economics students
2.
What are the frequent and regular types
of indiscipline in Enugu East secondary schools?
3. What
are the factors that causes of academic indiscipline and failure in these
secondary schools especially among economics students?
4. What
are the possible ways in which academic indiscipline and failure among
secondary school students in Enugu East can be cubed?
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