Students Behavioral Problems in Governmental Secondary Schools of Arada Sub-City in Addis Ababa
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of the study was to assess students’ behavioral problems and their relevant causes
related to the family, schools, teachers, curriculum, community and peer group pressure, as well
as, to review the offering approaches to improve them. The members of the study were selected
from Meskerem secondary school, Betelhm secondary school and W/ro Kelemewerk preparatory
school of Arada Sub-city in Addis Ababa. The quantitative data was gathered by the help of
questionnaire from teachers and students and was analyzed by descriptive statistics that consist
of weighted mean and percentage. The qualitative data was gathered from principals/viceprincipals
and school counselors by interviews and was analyzed using narrative methods.
Available sampling, purposive sampling and stratified random sampling methods were used to
select the respondents of the study. According to the finding of the study the types of students’
behavioral problems, the leading ones were late coming to school, dress code violations,
absenteeism/truancy, argumentativeness/ defiant disruptive behavior, and inattentiveness.
Concerning to causes that are indorsed to the family, the study confirmed low socio-economic
status and inadequate monitoring. Like school and administrators related factors, the finding
revealed lack of awareness to the problem as an illness, poor commitment to cooperate with the
staff members and the school premises not conducive. From the teachers’ side, the study shows
becoming poor models and absence of preventive and corrective measures. Causes considered
with the curriculum were absence of ethical and moral teaching and becoming out of the societal
mental health building. The communities’ negative influence and technology misuse as well as
peer pressure considered as a major causes. Furthermore, the approaches delivered to improve
the students’ behavioral problems were inappropriate. Finally, the researcher likes to
recommend that, school leaders and teachers’ should aware behavioral problems which need
psychological treatments as well as the schools have an organizational duty to apply applicable
treatment approaches.
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Governmental Secondary Schools, Students Behavioral Problems