MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT’S DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS PRACTICEAND CHALLENGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF GUBA KORICHA WOREDA WEST HARARGHE ZONE. MA THESIS YARED ASFAW UNIVERSITY OF GONDER, GONDAR Management of Student’s Disciplinary problems Practice and Challenge in Secondary Schools ofGubakorichWoreda West Hararghe Zone. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Educational Planning and Management, UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP BY: YARED ASFAW SEPTEMBER,2020 GONDAR ii UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR As thesis research advisor, I hereby certify that I have read this thesis prepared under our guidance, prepared byYaredAsfaw.Entitle:Students’ Disciplinary Problems Practice and Challenge in Secondary Schools of GubaKorichaWoredaWestHararghe Zone and recommended that it be accepted as fulfilling the thesis requirement. GetenatAlene (PhD Candidate) _______________ _____________ Name of Major Advisor Signature Date Muluken ( ) ____________ ___________ Name of Co-advisor Signature Date As members of the Board of Examiners of the MA in school leadership thesis open defense examination, we certify that we have read and evaluated this thesis prepared by YaredAsfawand examined the candidate. We recommended that this thesis be accepted as fulfilling the thesis requirement for the degree of Master of Art in School Leadership. ___________________ ________________ ________________ Chairperson Signature Date __________________ __________________ ________________ Internal Examiner Signature Date _________________ ________________ ______________ External Examiner Signature Date DEDICATION I dedicate thesis manuscript to my family, for nursing me with affection, love and for their dedicated partnership in the success of my life. iii STATEMENT OF THE AUTHOR First, I declare that this thesis is my original work and that all sources of materials use for this thesis have been duly acknowledged, this thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for MA in School leaderships as the University of Gondar and is deposited of the university library to be made available to borrowers under the rules of the library. The researcher declares that this thesis is not submitted to any other institution anywhere for the award of any academic degree, diploma or certificate. Brief quotations from this thesis are without special permission provided that accurate acknowledgements of the source is made requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the Head of the School or Department or the Director of Postgraduate Program Directorate when in his or her judgment the proposed use of the material is in the interests of scholarship. In all other instances, however permission must be obtained from the author of the thesis. Name: YaredAsfaw Signature: _______________ Date: september, 2020 Department: Educational Planning and Management iv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH The author was born in Oromia regional state, West Hararghe, OdaBultumWoreda on November, 07, 1981. He attended his primary education (Grade 1-8) at Bedessa elementary school and secondary education (Grade 9-10) at BedessaSecondary high School and completed his general secondary education in 1997. After completion of secondary school, he joined Adama Teacher Training Center (TTC) and received hisDiploma by Natural Science in education in 2000. Then, after one years of work experience in teaching, he joined HaramayaUniversity, and graduated in the field of Chemistry in 2006.Again, after four years, he joined at University Of Gondar to pursue further studies in School Leadership. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express his sincere appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to my thesis advisor GetenetAlene (PhD Candidate) and Muleken ( ) for their valuable professional guidance and technical assistance throughout the work of thesis, next to GOD , he wish to say thank you for University Of Gondar Graduate Library Staff Members for helping him to use the necessary information . Further, also extends his appreciation to DrMisganawAlene, and Dr George kumrawho in various ways rendered their useful help. Moreover, it is with great pleasure to acknowledge my wife W/roMeskeremBeranu for her constant help and sympathetic encouragement towards the completion of my study. Finally, my thanks also go to all GubaKorichaWoreda Secondary School principals, vice principals, supervisors, teachers, Department head,PTSA and School Board were for their cooperation in filling out the questionnaire and conducting the interview vi ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS EBS Effective Behavioral Support ETP Education and Training Policy MOE Ministry of Education PBS Positive Behavioral Support PSDP Packaged School Discipline Program PTSA Parent Institution Teacher Student Association SD Standard Devotion SDM Social Development Model SGC School Guidance Counseling SIP School Improvement Program SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences SS Secondary School TTI Teachers Training Center TTC Teacher Training Center WHZ West Hararghe Zone USA United States of America UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization SPSS Stastical Package for Social Students vii Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................ VI ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .......................................................................................... VII LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................................. XI ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................... XII 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Background of the Study. .............................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Statement of the Problems. ............................................................................................................ 2 1.3. Research Questions ........................................................................................................................ 4 1.4 Objectives of the Study ................................................................................................................ 4 1.4.1. General objective................................................................................................................... 4 1.4.2. Specific objectives................................................................................................................... 4 1.5. Significance of the Study. .............................................................................................................. 4 1.6. Delimitations of the Study ............................................................................................................ 5 1.7. Limitations of the Study................................................................................................................. 5 1.8. Definition of Terms........................................................................................................................ 5 1.9.Organization of the Study ............................................................................................................... 6 1.9.1. Summary ................................................................................................................................. 6 CHAPTER TWO .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.1. REVIEW OF RELATED LITRETURE ....................................................................................... 8 2.1.1. The meanings and concepts of discipline ............................................................................... 8 2.1.2. Sign of disciplinary problems in a School ............................................................................ 12 2.1.3Management of Students Discipline problem practices and challenges. ................................ 12 2.1.4.Conceptual Approach of School Discipline ........................................................................... 13 2.2. The Origin of Students Disciplinary Problem ............................................................................ 15 2.3.Types of Students Disciplinary Problems ..................................................................................... 16 2.3.1. Types of Disciplinary Problems in Secondary School ......................................................... 18 .2.3.2. Analyzing Disciplinary Problems ........................................................................................ 19 2.4. Causes of Disciplinary Problems .............................................................................................. 20 2.4.1. Parental/home influence ........................................................................................................ 20 viii 2.4.2. The role of educators ............................................................................................................. 21 2.4.3. Political, social and economic factors ................................................................................... 22 2.4.4. Curriculum ...........................................................................................................................