Indiscipline Problems of High School Students: the Case of Ethio-Japan Hidasse Secondary School (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Abstract

Discipline is among the basic ingredient that plays a crucial role in school system. Disciplinary problems occur when a student refuses to obey rules of the school and lack of it makes teaching effectively difficult. Explorative type of qualitative research approach is adopted to look at the magnitude of disciplinary problems and data has been collected using interview, document analysis and direct observation. The analysis is undertaken using topic coding system. The findings revealed that disciplinary problems in the study have been getting worse from time to time and ranges from frequent absenteeism to drinking alcohol and smoking cigarette. Day dreaming, quarrelling, cheating, missing classes, inattentiveness and distributive behavior are among the manifestations of the problem. Family background, low follow up by parents, school environment and peer pressure are some of the identified factors behind the problem. Stakeholder coordination is very essential in order to tackle the problems. Further detail study with representative sample size and using a comprehensive research methodology has to be under taken by educational experts to investigate the root causes of the problem.

Keywords: Disciplinary problem, high school student, school environment, parent role