TITLE:
Relationship between Level of Guidance Services and Students’ Indiscipline in Public Secondary Schools in North Senatorial District of Delta State
AUTHORS:
William Akporobaroh Oduh, James Odunayo Agboola, Sandra Amaka Amufa
KEYWORDS:
Guidance, Guidance Services, Students and Indiscipline
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.7,
July
28,
2020
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.