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The Implications of Management of Visiting Days on Discipline in Boarding Secondary Schools in Lugari District, Kenya
Beatrice K. Ludeshi, J.W. Nasong’o and S. Obaki
Corresponding Author: Joseph Wamocha Nasongo
Submitted: 2010 November, 19
Accepted: 2011 January, 22
Published: 2011 May, 25 |
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The culture of visiting days is common in Kenyan boarding schools yet there is no universal policy
to regulate this occasion. Each school has independent internal policies on when to visit, who visits, and what
the visitors bring to students on visiting days. These policies are often flouted resulting into indiscipline. The
purpose of this study was to investigate the implications of management of visiting days on students’ discipline
in Lugari District of Western Province Kenya. Ten schools were sampled comprising of three boys boarding,
four girls boarding, seven mixed day and boarding while three were girls’ day and boarding schools. The
sample size was 1,303 students, ten principals, ten teachers in charge of boarding and ten school workers. Data
were collected using questionnaires, interview and observation schedules and document analysis. Analysis was
done using descriptive statistics and data were presented on tables, pie charts and bar graphs. The population
of the study comprised of all the 42 secondary schools comprising of 13,236 students. Schools were categorized
into five types: pure boys’ boarding, pure girls’ boarding, pure girls’ day and boarding, mixed day and boarding
and day schools. The study revealed that all the sampled schools had varied internal policies regulating visiting
days and the same were not universally enforced paving way to indiscipline among students in boarding
secondary schools. In an attempt to minimize negative external influence on students, the study recommends
that the Ministry of Education should formulate policies to guide these occasions. The policies should stipulate
the level of involvement of parents in their children’s education as well as create awareness to school managers
with regard to discipline in boarding secondary schools.
Key words: Behavior, boarding schools, indiscipline, management, policies, visiting days,
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Beatrice K. Ludeshi, J.W. Nasong’o and S. Obaki, . The Implications of Management of Visiting Days on Discipline in Boarding Secondary Schools in Lugari District, Kenya. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (3): 146-151.
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