The effects of miraa on discipline management among students in day secondary schools in Tigania east District, Meru county, Kenya.
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Date
2013-02-22
Authors
Mutunga, Bernard
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Abstract
Discipline remains the single most common and pernicious problem that educators face
in their day - to - day teaching. Drug abuse among the students in schools leads to high
level indiscipline and the consequences are strikes, violence, rape, disobedience to
authority and damage of school property. Miraa chewing has of late been a major source
of indiscipline in secondary schools in Tigania East District. Unfortunately many well
meaning parents, the clergy and teachers do not see the problem of miraa chewing yet it
has far reaching effects on the management of discipline in schools. In light of this the
main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of miraa chewing amongst
students on discipline management in day secondary schools in Tigania East District and
make necessary recommendations. The study looked at the effects of miraa chewing on
discipline management,'. cases related to miraa chewing among students, measures
employed by school frlanagement to curb drug menace and if there is effective drug
policy in day secondary schools in Tigania East District and identify strategies that could
be used by school management to address Miraa menace. The study adopted descriptive
survey design. Simple random sampling was used to select 10 schools out of 26 day
schools for this study. Since the study involved boys in day secondary schools in Tigania
East District because the social cultural setting does not allow girls to chew miraa, the
method was appropriate as it gave equal probability of the population to be selected.
Questionnaires were administered to guidance and counseling teachers, students and
interview schedules to principals of sampled schools. Closed - ended and open - ended
questions were used to give an opportunity to respondents to express their views.
Collected data was analyzed and presented inform-of frequency distribution tables,
graphs, pie charts and percentages. The analysis showed that miraa chewing by students
has varied effects on discipline management in day schools, and further revealed that
though there are drug policies in schools, the school administration was not doing
enough to enforce the policy. Thestudy recommends for training of more guidance and
counselling teachers to be able to guid'.es,tudents to change to desired behaviour.
Description
Educational Management Policy and Curriculum Studies,2009.
Keywords
School discipline --Kenya, High school students --Social conditions --Kenya, High school students --Conduct of life --Kenya