Influence of Teacher-Student Relationship on Students’ Indiscipline In Public Secondary Schools In Naivasha SubCounty, Kenya

Abstract

ABSTRACT:-The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of teacher-student relationship on students' indiscipline in public secondary schools in Naivasha sub-county, Kenya. The study was conducted in 26 public secondary schools. The target population for the study compromised head teachers and teachers of public secondary schools in Naivasha Sub-county. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample head teachers while Krejcie and Morgan's (1970) table for determining sample size for teachers. A total of 195 respondents were targeted by the study (constituting 26 head teachers and 169 teachers) out of which 194 responded (constituting 25 head teachers and 169 teachers) giving a response rate of 99%. Questionnaires were used as instrument for data collection. SPSS was used to analyze the data where both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The analyzed data were presented in terms of graphs and tables. Results showed that teacher-student relationship had a significant negative relationship with student indiscipline in schools (Phi (ø) = -.796, p=0.000). The Chi-Square (χ²) statistic between teacher-students relationship and students' indiscipline was statistically significant (χ²=321.248, p=0.000).The null hypothesis H01 was therefore rejected at .05 level of significance. The study concluded that the higher the level of teacher-student relationship, the less the level of indiscipline in schools teacher-student relationship influences students' discipline in secondary schools in Naivasha Sub-County. It was recommended that schools should ensure that there is good relationship between teachers and students. By creating good relationship between teachers and students, the school environment may become conducive thus reducing the cases of indiscipline among students.

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