ABSTRACT This study determines the effects of indiscipline on academic performance in Njoro Division of Nukuru District Kenya. The study employed a descriptive survey to determine how deviance affects performance in the Division. The study concluded that due to · rampant discipline problems teachers are demotivated and unresourceful. This lowers both the performance and the quality of education. The study recommends careful monitoring of the students who break school rules, hence strengthening of school rules in the schools. The study further recommended for curriculµm adaptations to suit learners with discipline problems in the schools.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ....................................................................................... i

APPROVAL .......................................................................................... .ii

DEDICATION .................................................................................. , ...... .iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................. .'.......... . ............... .iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................. v

ABSTRACT .......................................................................................... vii

CHAPTER ONE:

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1

I.I. BACKGROUND OF STUDY ........................................................................................ !

1.2. THEORY OF THE STUDY ...................................................................... .!

1.21. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................... 2

1.3. STATEMEN'f OF THE PROBLEM ............................................................................. .3

1.4. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY .......................................................................... : ......... -3

1.4.1. GENERAL OBJECTIVE ............................ : ........................................ .4

1.4.2. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE ...................................................................... .4

1.5. RESEARCH QUESTIONS ........................................................................................... .4

1.6. SCOPE OF STUDY ....................................................................................................... 4

1.7. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................... 5

1.8. LIMITATION OF THE STUDY ........ , ................. ., .................................... 5

1.9. DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY .... , ....................................................... 6

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ............................................. 5

2.0. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 5

2.1. WHAT ARE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS ........................................................... : ......... .5

2.2. CLASSIFICATION OF DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS ............ : ........................................ 5

2.3.