International Journal of Education and Social Science (IJESS)

This study was conducted to establish the influence of the principals’ adaptation of disciplinary measures on students’ discipline in secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey method and employed questionnaires and interview schedules to collect data. The study sample consisted of 15 principals, 21 deputy principals, 55 class teachers and 375 students from selected schools in the County. The quantitative data from questionnaires was analysed with the aid of SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) and presented using tables. From the principals’ interviews, research questions were analysed along thematic lines and presented using frequencies tables while some were reported verbatim. The findings established that: there were a variety of disciplinary measures differing in effectiveness being applied in students’ discipline. Also there was discrepancy on what measures each stakeholder considered effective. Finally, negative disciplinary measures which have been considered as counterproductive in discipline management were applied in students’ discipline.