Counselling Strategies for Resolving Disciplinary Problems in Nigerian Public Secondary Schools

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Pedagogy - General, grade: 2.8, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (Education), course: Graduate seminar in guidance and counselling, language: English, abstract: This paper focused on school counselling strategies for resolving disciplinary problems in Nigerian public secondary schools. Students disciplinary problems are growing at alarming rate prompting the need for effective strategies for curbing them. When disciplinary problems are not curbed, they affect the teaching/learning process and the general time of the school. Disciplinary problems of students interfere with learning, divert administrative time, and contribute to teacher burn out. Schools often respond to disruptive students with exclusionary and punitive approaches that have limited value. Natures of Discipline Problems in Schools, Disciplinary Problems in Secondary Schools, etc were epistemological and empirical studied suggesting strategies which counselors should apply in resolving disciplinary problems in Nigerian secondary schools. Counselling is an essential element in discipline management of people in all societies even the most primitive societies grew out of the necessity of guiding individuals behavior patterns in the interest of the group. Society itself could not function without the exercise of discipline. Using guidance and counseling to enhance discipline must be continuously being practiced if people are to work harmoniously for the achievement of common purpose.