Publication: Relationship between corporal punishment and Students’ behaviour in public schools of Kibwezi East Sub-county, Makueni county, Kenya
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2015-06
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Mount Kenya University
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The central problem of this research was to determine the relationship between corporal
punishment and students’ behaviour among secondary schools of Kibwezi East Sub-county. The
main objectives of the research were to establish the forms of corporal punishment practiced
within the county, the degree to which the punishment influence the students behaviour and the
reasons why the schools continue practicing the already outlawed behaviour. The research
adopted a descriptive survey where respondents were selected purposefully. Structured
questionnaire were used to collect data from 20 schools with each school being represented by
16 students. The principal, deputy principal and the head of guidance and counselling from each
school were also included in the research. Data was analyzed using the SPSS package. After the
analysis, the research established that corporal punishment is rife in secondary schools. Various
forms of corporal punishment ranging from monetary fines to suspension as well as manual
punishment were established in the research. Despite this fact, the research revealed that there
exist no measures to curb the behaviour. The practice is taking place amid the law burning
corporal punishment in all schools regardless of the level of the academic ladder. The research
also established that students themselves have been dissatisfied by the practice and have reacted
severally. The students reactions have always been negative; strikes, school discontinuation and
other disadvantageous forms of response. The research therefore recommends the school
management and the government to come up with other strategies of correcting deviant
behaviour among the students since corporal punishment has been proven ineffective and
unethical.