The role of school disciplinary committee in managing students' discipline in selected secondary schools in Wakiso District

Abstract

Due to the challenge of growing cases of indiscipline in schools today, this study examined the role played by the school disciplinary committee stakeholders in student discipline management. Guided by Banduras social learning theory (Bandura, 1977), It was a phenomenological interpretive qualitative study that was conducted in three private secondary schools located in both urban and rural areas of Wakiso district, central region, Uganda. The study objectives were: To examine the role played by Deputy Head Teachers in managing student discipline; To examine the role played by Senior Woman Teacher/ warden in managing student discipline; To assess the role played by student leadership in management of student discipline. The corresponding research questions were: What role does the Deputy Head Teachers play in managing student discipline? ; What role does the Senior Woman Teacher/ warden play in managing student discipline? ; What role does the student leadership play in management of student discipline? The study found out that the deputy head teachers play a managerial role in student discipline by assigning responsibilities, developing rules and regulations and punishing offenders. It was also established that the senior women/ warden teachers play a counseling role and the student leaders set a good example and act as a bridge between the administration and the student body. The study concluded that student discipline can only be achieved through team work by the participation of all the stakeholders involved in the disciplinary committee. The study recommends incorporating student discipline in class activities and school curriculum, facilitating and increasing the workforce in order to offer more help to the senior women/warden teachers work, student leaders input and parents involvement in the disciplinary process, and without forgetting sufficient time and resources to be allocated to the student discipline management process as possible means to enable schools achieve the goal of disciplined learners.