DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i11.011

Pages: 2120-2124

The study was to assess the role of student leadership in management of discipline in selected secondary schools in Mbarara Municipality. The study was guided by the following objectives, to establish the nature of discipline common among students in secondary schools, the causes of indiscipline among students in secondary schools and to ascertain the extent to which student leadership correlates to management of discipline. This study adopted mixed research methods to answer the research questions; the study population involved the Student leaders and teachers in secondary schools in Mbarara Municipality. The study used simple, stratified and purposive sampling strategies to select potential respondents for the study. The study utilized both qualitative and quantitative paradigms. Data was collected using survey questionnaires and interviews. In the study, results yielded both qualitative and quantitative data. The study findings revealed new findings about the nature of students in schools from the field as they were mentioned by teachers and student leaders and these included dodging lessons, disrupting other students who are anxious to work/study, disrespect of teachers, cheating exams, Strikes, possession of illegal gargets like mobile phones and stealing students and school property. The study also came up with new causes of indiscipline cases and these included bias on some teachers, lack of guidance and counseling, loss of hope in academic achievement, poor family back ground, poor school administration, alcoholism and drug abuse and peer pressure.