AFRICAN SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL

MORAL EDUCATION: ANTIDOTE FOR DEVIANCE AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF DISCIPLINE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELTA SOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, NIGERIA

OSEMWENGIE, BLESSING

March 12, 2024

Citation

AFRICAN SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL , Vol. 13 (1) (2024) , pp. 119-130

Details

ISSN: 978-37889
Published: March 12, 2024
Status: Published

Abstract

This study examines moral education as an antidote for deviance and effective management of discipline among secondary school students in the Delta South Senatorial District, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research. The population of this study comprised the 122 principals, 244 vice principals, 2,847 teachers, and 35,252 students across the 122 public senior secondary schools in the Delta South Senatorial District. A sample of 330 respondents comprising 15 principals, 15 vice principals, 75 teachers, and 225 students was selected using a six-phase multistage sampling technique in 15 public senior secondary schools. A 30-item self-structured instrument titled “Moral Education as Antidote for Deviance and Effective Management of Discipline among Students Questionnaire” (MEADEMDSQ) was used to collect data analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that the grand mean scores of 3.66 and 3.68 indicated that moral education improved students’ behaviour, and reduced deviant acts, respectively. Also, the grand means of 3.63 and 3.69 indicated that moral education positively influenced discipline management and character development, respectively. The grand means of 3.71 and 3.71 revealed that moral education promoted positive behaviour and discouraged indiscipline, respectively, in secondary schools in the Delta South Senatorial District, Delta State. The study recommended, among others, that the Ministry of Education should ensure secondary schools consistently integrate moral education to reduce truancy, violence, theft, malpractice, and cultism, while improving respect for rules, authorities and fostering positive peer relationships. 

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