Benue State University, Makurdi

DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS AND MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE SOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, NIGERIA

Joseph Ochai and Ezekiel Dondo Ivagher PhD

This study investigated the impact of disciplinary problems on management of secondary schools in Benue South Senatorial District, Nigeria. Five research questions guided the study and five null hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 1,648 teachers from 115 public secondary schools in Benue South Senatorial District. The sample size was 312 or 18.9% respondents (204 teachers and 108 school administrators) from 12 or 10% public secondary schools selected through multi-stage sampling procedure. A 25-item structured four-point rating scale questionnaire titled “Disciplinary Problems and Management Questionnaire (DPMQ)’’ with reliability coefficient of 0.81 was used for data collection. Data obtained from the field study were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and Chi Square (χ 2 ) test of goodness of fit to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that there is significant impact of students’ truancy and students’ sexual immorality on management of secondary schools in Benue South Senatorial District. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that government and its agencies should stop handling cases of examination misconducts with levity and those caught should be punished according to the law. The study was then concluded that disciplinary problems impact on management of secondary schools in Benue South Senatorial District.

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