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A study on Students indiscipline at School level
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19563 Submission Date :
2024-12-02 Acceptance Date :
2024-12-21 Publication Date :
2024-12-25
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| Abstract |
Students’ are the real strength and future of any country. They are young, energetic and enlightened. But the indiscipline among the students is on increase.There is a widespread indiscipline among the students in India as in many other countries in the world. The phenomenon of students’ indiscipline started in India with the agitation of 1905, led by Calcutta and Dhaka Students to oppose the partition of Bengal. Since then Students participation in National political Movement in India increased at every stage, especially in Quit India Movement 1942. One of the greatest problems that our country has been facing is the problem of growing indiscipline among the students. In India students unrest, has assumed alarming proportions. Very often student go on striking and indulge in violence. Students do not take adequate interest in their studies. Some times without any ground they boycott the examination and resort to strike .In simple words they are not prepared to obey anybody. One can notice indiscipline, lawlessness, absenteeism etc. among students in various institutions and universities. In this paper the investigator made an attempt to study indiscipline among school students. |
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| Keywords | Students, Teachers, Indiscipline, Consequences, Solutions. | ||||||
| Introduction | Indiscipline is the inability to live in accordance to the set rules and regulations that have been set in society. The concept of indiscipline can be analysed for the perspective of indiscipline in schools. Students’ indiscipline consists in an unwillingness to put forth such efforts, an unwillingness which consequently results in the failure to achieve the objective chosen. Students’ unrest is one kind of indiscipline shown by students. It is generally seen in the form of riots, demonstrations, boycotts, harassment and cultism. Strikes, indiscipline and unhappy incidents in schools, colleges and universities have become the regular features of the present educational system. Now -a- days cheating in examinations by insisting on copying, fighting against each other, bullying others and indirectly insulting teachers are some of the in disciplinary actions which the so-called "Extraordinary Students ”demonstrate in the class. Students’ indiscipline is one of the burning problems faced by modern India. The indiscipline among the students is on the increase. It has become one of the serious problems being faced by the country. They go on violence, cheating in the examinations, insult their teachers, tear away pages from library books, write dirty things on the wall etc. They clash with the police, through stones and brickbats at them.
Level of Indiscipline: The problems of indiscipline are seen at two levels- narrow level and wider level. At the narrow level, indiscipline is seen in the form of making noises, thumping desks, throwing paper darts, imitating the sound of birds and animals. The wider level of indiscipline is seen in the form of strikes and demonstrations which sometimes turn violent and lead to stone -throwing, damaging property and violent classes. Student’s teachers and invigilators are manhandled or even assaulted. Such indiscipline disrupts academic life and the atmosphere in the temples of learning. Indiscipline in school includes the following behaviour of a student: a) Disobedience to teachers and school's rules and regulations. b) Stealing other students’ property. c) Staying in hostel during class. d) Wearing of unauthorised dress. e) Maltreatment of junior students. f) Smoking. g) Alcohol Consumption. h) During Consumption. i) Involvement in secret cult activities. j) Malpractices in examination. k) Unauthorised exit from school or truancy. Causes of students indiscipline: There are many factors which are responsible for students’ indiscipline. Some of them are--- 1. Present set-up of society. 2. Lack of trained teachers. 3. Lack of employment opportunity. 4. Political involvement. 5. Working parents. 6. Defective examination system. 7. Absence of teacher student relationship. 8. Defective system of education. 9. Lack of Ideals. 10. Lack of respect for teachers. The Indian Education Commission (1964-66) enumerated a number of factors responsible for students’ indiscipline. They are as follows: 1. Uncertain future of educated one leading to a sense of frustration. 2. Inadequate facilities for teaching and learning. 3. The poor student -teacher contact. 4. The absence of imagination and tact combined with firmness on the part of heads of institution. 5. The prevalence of what has come to be known as teacher politics. 6. The attempt by political parties to interfere in their work etc. |
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| Objective of study |
Following objectives are taken for the study
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| Review of Literature | Abang,K.B.,Owan etal (2024) made a study on "Indiscipline among senior secondary school students: The contributions of home behaviour control and religiosity". The results of the study revealed that home behaviour control as well as home religiosity significantly influenced indiscipline of secondary school students’ behaviour. Kamara,Y., Koroma Christiana. , Kaserero, S (2024) in their study on "Factors contributing to students indiscipline behaviour at public secondary schools "found that there are various interrelated factors that are responsible for students indiscipline behaviour at public secondary schools Louis Ampong (2023) made a study to explore the causes and effects of students' indiscipline in St Joseph Practice JHS. Bechem. The findings of the study revealed that indiscipline affect teaching and learning. The study also revealed that indiscipline as most of the time teachers have to spend on controlling the indiscipline students' behaviour Mares, Jiri (2018) made a study on Students' Indiscipline in the classroom. The study reveals that elimination of misbehaviour in classroom in not sufficient enough to get rid of the problem of indiscipline; at the same time it is essential to develop positive classroom behaviour. Ngwokabuenui, P.Y. (2015) in his study on "Students Indiscipline: Types, Causes and possible solutions: The case of secondary schools in Cameroon" found that the familiar and common types of indiscipline as disobedience to teachers and school prefects included collective misconduct of students and unacceptable habits. Simba , N.O. etal. (2016) made a study on Impact of Discipline on Academic Performance of Pupils in Public Primary Schools in Muhoron, Country,Kenya “.The study indicated that self-discipline plays an important role in students academic performance by showing that self- discipline relates positively with, and predicts students academic achievements. Uguana, Inyang (2021) conducted a study on Class room indiscipline and academic performance of primary school pupils in social studies in Calabar South Local Government area of Cross River State. The result of the study revealed that indiscipline like truancy, fighting, and lateness to school significantly relate with academic performance of primary school pupils. |
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| Sampling |
Research design: In this study quantitative research design was used for descriptive statistics. Method of study: For the study survey method was used. Population: The population of the study comprised of 2000 students of both public and private schools.
Sample and Sampling Techniques: The sample of the study made up of 200 students applying equal probability sampling. |
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| Tools Used | The tool used to collect data from the sample were – 1. Twenty item questionnaire patterned four point rating scale of strongly agree (4), Agree (3), strongly disagree (2) and disagree (1). 2. Interview. |
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| Findings |
The data from the study from the sample were collected with the help of questionnaire and interview schedule. From the study it is seen that the problems of indiscipline is exist in almost all schools more or less. The responses of the sample were collected and were analysed and summarised using the simple percentages after their frequency count. On the questions set for the students to find out the causes of indiscipline were successful as it helps to finding out the causes of indiscipline behaviour of students at school. Although, there were significant difference found among the respondents with regards to some questions. However, in a large number of cases, respondents were agreed on the causes of their indiscipline behaviour. For example, in the cases of lying and cheating in the examinations, there was an average of 50% agreed among different categories of respondents on the causes the indiscipline behaviour at school. Most of the respondents answered that the strict disciplinary actions helped unacceptable behaviour were found to be associated with boys and some others were found to be associated with girls. It was also found that most of the teachers were agreed on those aspects that affect them. Solution to the problem of Indiscipline: All problems can be solved satisfactorily if the students are taken into confidence. They are very sensitive so they should be handled with care, love and sympathy. Some of the possible measures that we should adopt to mitigate the problem of indiscipline at school are – 1. Responsibility of the leaders and educationist to address the problem immediately. 2. Preventing political interferences in running of schools. 3. Provision of job-oriented education. 4. Appointment of trained teachers. 5. Control of unwanted political influences on students’ union election. 6. Responsibility of parents to build up moral character of their children. 7. To build good relationship between teacher and students etc. |
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| Conclusion |
Students Indiscipline is a result of dissatisfaction of the students to adhere to certain rules and regulations of school management and governments. These problems of indiscipline is not confined to a particular place, it is seen among students in all parts of the world. Indiscipline among students affects the environment of the school and it is necessary to take steps to solve the problem of indiscipline. So, if any student is found with indiscipline behaviour, quickly step should be taken by the school authority to analyse the problem and then solution for it should be find out. In this case, guardian must inform and they should co-operate school authority to solve the problem of their children's indiscipline behaviour |
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| Suggestions for the future Study | We must take some steps to tackle the problem of indiscipline. In this regard various experts in this field have given different suggestions to mitigate this problem of indiscipline at school. Some of them are given below: 1. Steps must be taken to improve the economic and social condition of teachers. 2. Steps must be taken to improve teacher student relationship. 3. To create a supportive school environment. 4. Set clear and consistent rules and expectations for pupils. 5. Step should be taken to shape conduct of pupils by providing positive reinforces. 6. Parents must be informed about their children’s behaviour at school. 7. To supervise classroom of school time to time other staff must be used. |
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