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IMPACT OF DISCIPLINE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN RIVERS STATE
ABSTRACT
The research investigated impact of discipline on students’ academic performance in Public Junior Secondary Schools in Rivers State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were posted to guide the study. The descriptive survey design was adopted. The population consists of 8,367 public junior secondary school teachers in Rivers State. Multistage sampling technique was used to sample Junior Secondary School teachers from 2 LGAs with the population of 400 teachers. The researcher with the help of research assistants distributed 430 copies of questionnaire, but retrieved 400. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled, impact of discipline on students’ academic performance questionnaire (IDSAPQ) it comprised 10 items which measured discipline. Cronbach Alpha was used to obtain a reliability coefficient of 0.94 for the instrument. The instrument was validated by 2 experts in Educational Management Department of faculty of Education in Rivers State University. The research questions posed were answered using mean and standard deviation while the null formulated hypotheses were tested at 0.5 level of significance using z-test. Finding of the study revealed that adequate provision of set of rules for ensuring compliance will go a long way to impact academic performance of student and cautioning, corporal punishment of students will also go a long way to impact discipline and enhance high level of academic performance. It was recommended that a system be planned by head of schools whereby members from best performing secondary schools have an opportunity to meet frequently with least performing schools community members to share experiences on discipline related matters vis-à-vis academic performance. Their mutual understanding can be expected to help both side to look into and act upon the variable that weaken their side, also since students are targeted beneficiaries of school rules and academic interventions, there is a need for management of schools to devise ways of involving the students more in matters relating to formulation and implementation of school rules and regulations for an effective non-oppressive school discipline.
Keywords: Impact, Discipline, Students, Academic, Performance