Authors: KANGWA IGNITIOUS DENNIS
Abstract: The purpose of this research study is to find out the dangers of pupil immoral behaviors on the academic process in the sampled public secondary schools in Chilubi district of Northern province of Zambia. The study will also mean to find out what can be done to improve the current scenario in order to enhance the provision of quality education through discipline. Significantly, the research study will focus on public day secondary schools in Chilubi district of Northern Province highlighting and ascertaining the prime factors contributing to influx of dropouts of school, in particular, public day secondary schools. The basic objectives of this study will be ascertaining degree to which pupil immoral behaviour impacts on academic process and progress among learners in the three (3) selected sampled public day secondary schools in Chilubi district. The relevant data will also be collected through individual interviews, checking of school records and questionnaires. The study will adopt a descriptive survey and correlation research designs for comprehensive data collection. Furthermore, the qualitative and quantitative methodologies will be employed so as to establish detailed data tabulations and tendency .The study population will characterize 400 respondents; and sample size will be 63 comprising 30secondary school pupils, three ( 3) head teachers, 3 guidance teachers, ( 5) parents from each school 3 guidance teachers and 9 teachers from three purposively selected sampled public day secondary schools namely, Chaba, Kasanda and Kasesha. In these secondary schools, pupils will be selected randomly to help assess the relationship between pupil discipline and academic performance. Questionnaires and interview schedules will be employed while focus group discussions will be used to collect data from respective teachers.
