Author(s)

William Akporobaroh Oduh¹, James Odunayo Agboola¹, Sandra Amaka Amufa²

¹Department of Education, Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria.
²Delta State College of Education, Sapele, Nigeria.

The study investigated the relationship between level of guidance services and students’ indiscipline in public secondary schools in North Senatorial District of Delta State. Specifically, the study investigated the level of guidance services available to students and the level of indiscipline exhibited by students in public secondary schools. The design of the study was a correlation research design and the population of the study comprised of 166 public secondary schools with 97,316 students in North Senatorial District of Delta State. A total of 430 public secondary school students drawn from nine public senior secondary schools in North Senatorial District of Delta State were used as the sample for the study. This was selected using a simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used for this study was a questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, percentage and the Pearson product Moment Correlation statistics. Findings revealed that majority of the students agreed that guidance services were available to them in public secondary schools; majority of the respondents agreed that there were high incidences of indiscipline in public secondary schools in the North Senatorial District of Delta State; there was significant relationship between guidance services and the levels of students’ indiscipline in public secondary schools in the North Senatorial District of Delta State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that principals and other school administrators in public secondary schools should put in place guidance services and provide an office where privacy is made a priority. This would encourage more students to visit the office; Counsellors should be well trained on how to carry out their duties by being sent to attend many seminars and workshops to improve on their skills.

Guidance, Guidance Services, Students and Indiscipline

Oduh, W. , Agboola, J. and Amufa, S. (2020) Relationship between Level of Guidance Services and Students’ Indiscipline in Public Secondary Schools in North Senatorial District of Delta State. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 303-317. doi: 10.4236/jss.2020.87024.