The Impact of Punishment on the Behaviour and Academic Work of Senior High School Students in the Ejisu- Juaben Municipality of Ashanti Region in Ghana

Abstract

The study sought to assess the impact of punishment on the behavior and academic work of senior high schools in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality of Ashanti region in Ghana. The researcher administered survey questionnaire to 150 teachers and 3666 students to collect data in three selected public senior high schools in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality. The research design adopted for this study was multiple case studies using the descriptive survey approach to examine the impact of punishment on the behaviour and academic work of senior high school students in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ashanti Region in Ghana. Students should be counseled through awareness programmes to be polite and respectful to their teachers and obey school rules and regulations. Students should be intimated regarding the usefulness of punctuality, conduction of homework eschew making of noise in class, confirm health and hygiene, and should not quarrel with their school fellows.The results of the study indicated that incidence of misbehavior were frequently exhibited in schools by students. It was however recommended that teaching of Social Studies which includes life skills should be intensified in schools to equip learners with skills necessary in handling life challenges since human beings in their bit to make life face a lot of challenges in this world.

DOI: 10.7176/DCS/11-7-02

Publication date:July 31^st 2021