IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF SEMINARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE

1.0     INTRODUCTION

Strict disciplinary measures are used by schools authorities in order to control the students, and make them adhere to the various rules and regulations of the school. This study aims at making an elaborate work on how discipline can be turned into the solution to mass failure in examinations.

Discipline is a very broad concept; however, in this study the researcher consider the kind of discipline being practiced in schools to check the excesses of students in order to prevent them from going out of the track and achieving good success in their academic pursuit. Schools in their various fields have perceived discipline as a systematic instruction intended to train a person.

1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

School discipline is the system of rules, punishments and behavior strategies appropriate to the regulation of children or adolescents and the maintenance of order in schools. Its aim is to control the student’s action and behavior. An obedient student is in compliance with the school rules and code of conducts.

According to Ajala (1995.4) as cited in Oni, (2010) “The environment outside the school may have great effect on the student and may contribute to his behavioral problems.

Dobson (1984;7) as cited by Oni (2010) also stated that, “ Without being incessantly pessimistic, it is accurate to say that, the traditional concept of morality is dead among the majority of high school students today.

Based on the two assertion mentioned above, it is very clear that there is every need to guide the students into the right paths because, that is one of the function of the school. The school served as an agent of socialization, where people can be taught good morals among other things.

In his reaction to the Nigerian secondary school challenge, Oni (2010) submitted that “provision of curative measure with specificity seems in avoidable…..” He described discipline in secondary school as a curative measure ‘Hence in specific reference to secondary schools in Nigeria, a cursory view is taken purposely in locating possible ways of improving the academic standard, discipline and achievement of our secondary schools “in his book titled “Education In Perspective” the (author) who expressed great concern over the falling standard of education and moral values in our secondary school. Oni (2010), suggested an overall discipline in the entire education sector. If good discipline can be practiced in schools it must start from the top.

1.2     STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Schools in Maiduguri carry out various disciplinary measures in the way they feel is the best approach that will favour both the student and the school. Students form attitude in different ways, most of them hate teachers that always punish them. Adolescent are quite different from little children who easily forget things. There have been cases where the students will want to revenge by fighting the teacher or school officials.

Researchers have introduced a lot of theories on approaches to adolescent with respect to discipline, and it will be good if these approaches are exploited for the good of all.

1.3     OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The objectives of the study are to,

1. Examine some approaches to school discipline.
2. To find our students attitude towards the various disciplinary measure used on them.
3. To analyze the effect of strict disciplinary measure on students academic

1.4     RESEARCH QUESTIONS

What are the approaches to school disciplinary used in Maiduguri?

What are the attitudes of students towards strict disciplinary measure?

How does a strict disciplinary measure affect students’ academic performance?

1.5     SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study is very significant because a lot of times school authorities and parents get into serious conflict due to these subjects. Parents go as far as removing their wards from certain schools because they feel the teachers are too hard on them. They desire a place where the performance of their children will improve and with less trouble.

Parents feel very sad each time their wards come home with broken head, injuries on their body. This study seeks to find out better approach to handling such conflicts. Discipline should be perceived as a good thing by both the parents, students and the teachers. Some scholars have introduced certain approaches that will make it easy to solve this problem.

1.6     SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The scope of this study was limited to the impact of strict disciplinary measure on student’s performance in class. A case study of selected private secondary schools in Maiduguri. The researcher focused on the following private schools i.e Namu secondary school, Ruby Springfield College and Capital school Maiduguri.

1.7     OPERATIONAL TEARM

Discipline: Training to act in accordance with rules drill, “Military discipline” “Activities, exercise or a regimen that develops or improve a skill training.

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