Abstract
The study investigated the relationship between level of guidance services and students’ indiscipline in public secondary schools in North Senatorial District of Delta State. Specifically, the study investigated the level of guidance services available to students and the level of indiscipline exhibited by students in public secondary schools. The design of the study was a correlation research design and the population of the study comprised of 166 public secondary schools with 97,316 students in North Senatorial District of Delta State. A total of 430 public secondary school students drawn from nine public senior secondary schools in North Senatorial District of Delta State were used as the sample for the study. This was selected using a simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used for this study was a questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, percentage and the Pearson product Moment Correlation statistics. Findings revealed that majority of the students agreed that guidance services were available to them in public secondary schools; majority of the respondents agreed that there were high incidences of indiscipline in public secondary schools in the North Senatorial District of Delta State; there was significant relationship between guidance services and the levels of students’ indiscipline in public secondary schools in the North Senatorial District of Delta State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that principals and other school administrators in public secondary schools should put in place guidance services and provide an office where privacy is made a priority. This would encourage more students to visit the office; Counsellors should be well trained on how to carry out their duties by being sent to attend many seminars and workshops to improve on their skills.
Highlights
Background to the StudyDiscipline is a rudimentary ingredient that plays a crucial role in the school system as it helps in upholding the moral values expected of students
It was recommended that principals and other school administrators in public secondary schools should put in place guidance services and provide an office where privacy is made a priority
The mean scores were indications that with respect to level of guidance services available to students in public secondary schools in the North Senatorial District of Delta State, majority of the respondents scored the school authorities low on the following items: orientation is organized for students who came into the school for the first time; students received information on how to develop interpersonal relationship; counsellors assisted students to develop effective interpersonal relationship skills; students were assisted in any way to reach self-understanding; provision of information in the selection of institution of higher learning; and new students were assisted in any way in the choice of subjects
Summary
Discipline is a rudimentary ingredient that plays a crucial role in the school system as it helps in upholding the moral values expected of students. Discipline in school could be explained as exercise of will-power by school authorities to enforce institutional rules and regulations already in place in order to attain expected standard behavior by students. Discipline could be seen as acting within the norms of the society that prescribe them. In the case of the school, rules and regulations are put in place to guide learners’ activities within and outside the school environment in order for them to develop intellectually, emotionally, physically, morally and socially with a view to helping them acquire education in the normative rather than in the prescriptive sense
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