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INTRODUCTIONBACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Indiscipline
may be said to be as old as the time when men started to organize himself 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. 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 ranging 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), Presdient 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 problems
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 threaten 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 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’s 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. It 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
The
problem of student’s indiscipline is to be well attended to by parents,
teachers/school administrators and all these involved in the upbringing of the
students in the country, if lasting solutions are to be found in it. To this
end, we all stand to gain in no small measure of students refrain from
indiscipline behaviours and become discipline.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This
research is aimed at investigating the problem of indiscipline and its impact
on academic activity in Edo State. This is due to the ever-increasing rate of
indiscipline in these schools nationwide. Some variables of this study include
societal influence, parental influence/upbringing and socio-economic attainment
of parents. There are many factors usually responsible for indiscipline of
students in the society. This work therefore, aimed at determine the factors
responsible for indiscipline in our secondary schools. it will try to make
suggestions to the possible solutions which may help to being an end to the
problem of indiscipline in our secondary schools.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
To
guide this study, the following hypotheses are necessary:
1.
Does the
parental influence and upbringing of the child contribute to the indiscipline
of t he child?
2.
Does the society
at large encourage indiscipline among students through its customs ways of
life?
3.
Has the
socio-economic attainment of a child’s parent got anything to do with
indiscipline of the child?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It is
expected that the result of this study would be useful to parents and the
society. School administrators, teachers, government and policy makers in their
effort to put an end to the problem of students indiscipline specifically the
out-come of this work would assist parents and society in monitoring the
activities of their children through the results of this study, 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. Teachers are
expected to know from this study how students indiscipline is being carried out
around them and employ means of eradicating the trend. 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
overall aim of this study is the complete 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.
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Friday 25 October 2013
PROBLEM OF INDISCIPLINE AND ITS IMPACT ON ACADEMIC ACTIVITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
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