The impact of students' indiscipline on school management in secondary schools in Mbale district

Abstract

This research was conducted to focus on the impact of students' indiscipline on school management systems in Uganda and in particular Mbale District. The study that aimed at establishing the seriousness of the effects that indiscipline causes on school management systems was prompted by the public concern, especially through mass media, that indiscipline in educational institutions has become rampant all over the world. To investigate the problem ten schools were sampled for the study; but to include day, boarding, single sex, mixed, private, government aided, ordinary and advanced level schools. The participants included: 10 head teachers sampled purposively randomly, 50 teachers and 40 members of Board of Governors, Parents, Teachers Association randomly selected and 20 student leaders picked purposively randomly. A total of 120 persons participated in the study. The Head teachers were served with a key informants' questionnaire guide which yielded quantitative data. Others were treated to the focus group discussion interview guide.