Stakeholders’ influence on students’ discipline in selected private secondary schools in Iganga district

Abstract

The study examined the Stakeholders’ Influence on Students’ Discipline in selected Private Secondary Schools in Iganga District. The study objectives were: to find out how teachers in charge of discipline influence students’ discipline, to examine how school Administrators influence Students’ discipline and to examine how students’ leaders influence students’ discipline in selected private secondary schools in Iganga District. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey where both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used but leaning more on the qualitative approach. The respondents totaled to 140 and were selected using simple random and stratified sampling techniques. The specific respondents included: teachers in charge of discipline, school administrators and students. The study findings revealed that teachers influence students’ discipline through conducting themselves professionally. The study findings also revealed that students’ leaders influence the discipline of their fellow students through their personal character and attitude towards one another. The study findings further revealed that school administrators influence students’ discipline through their management styles. The study recommended that teachers should act as parents while at school thereby living by example in order to positively influence the discipline of their students. The study also recommended that students’ leaders in their respective schools should guide their fellow students into good behavior through leading by example and also reporting indiscipline cases to school authority for disciplinary action. The study further recommended that school administrators should not only put in place clear policies that govern and tame students’ discipline but also get involved in implementing them. KEY WORDS: Stakeholders, Influence, Students, Discipline, Private School.