STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE INFLUENCE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
Ekhorutomwen, Benson (2021)
Ekhorutomwen, Benson
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104265743
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104265743
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This study set out to explore students’ perceptions of the influence of corporal punishment on their academic performance: a survey of selected secondary schools in Benin metropolis, Edo state, Nigeria. Corporal Punishment is the bodily infliction of pain, Abuse and threats melted on a student for wrongdoing, while Academic performance is referred to as the measurement of student achievement across various academic subjects.
A quantitative study was performed to elicit information from students to determine the perception of corporal punishment and its influence on students’ academic performance in selected Schools. Data were collected through the survey method; questionnaires were administered to 364 respondents in various school across the study area. The respondents were secondary school student, teachers, and principals. The data for the thesis was collected in three Nigerian schools with the help of working life partner Vibrant life foundation- a non-governmental organization and the data was analysed using Simple statistical tools like table, frequency distributions and percentage.
The study shows that the population has a good perception of the issue under investigation. The findings of this thesis reveal that administering corporal punishment does not make the students behave well in school, rather it makes them remain absent from school and this situation of longer absenteeism leads to withdrawal from schools.
The study recommended that awareness should be brought among instructors relating to the antagonistic of corporal punishment on students’ academics, psyche, and personality development. Students must be taught to know the need to respect and be polite to their teachers. They shall be educated to know the importance of punctuality, doing an assignment and the ill in noise making in class and the need for good health, keeping good hygiene and avoiding quarrelling with other students.
The study further suggested that the role of parents is very crucial as it helps to find out from the teachers the children’s out, progress and their performance in their respective school activities.
A quantitative study was performed to elicit information from students to determine the perception of corporal punishment and its influence on students’ academic performance in selected Schools. Data were collected through the survey method; questionnaires were administered to 364 respondents in various school across the study area. The respondents were secondary school student, teachers, and principals. The data for the thesis was collected in three Nigerian schools with the help of working life partner Vibrant life foundation- a non-governmental organization and the data was analysed using Simple statistical tools like table, frequency distributions and percentage.
The study shows that the population has a good perception of the issue under investigation. The findings of this thesis reveal that administering corporal punishment does not make the students behave well in school, rather it makes them remain absent from school and this situation of longer absenteeism leads to withdrawal from schools.
The study recommended that awareness should be brought among instructors relating to the antagonistic of corporal punishment on students’ academics, psyche, and personality development. Students must be taught to know the need to respect and be polite to their teachers. They shall be educated to know the importance of punctuality, doing an assignment and the ill in noise making in class and the need for good health, keeping good hygiene and avoiding quarrelling with other students.
The study further suggested that the role of parents is very crucial as it helps to find out from the teachers the children’s out, progress and their performance in their respective school activities.