INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN PROMOTING DISCIPLINE AMONG STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

ABSTRACT

This study to examine the influence of teaching CRS in promoting discipline among students in public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area Four research questions were raised and answered, the instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The population of this study consisted of four thousand and forty two (4042) JSS 2 students in the thirteen (13) Public Junior Secondary Schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The sample size consist of 100 (JSS 2) students from four (4) Public Junior secondary Schools in Egor Local Government Area. The data collected were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation. The findings from the research questions include that: the prevalent form of indiscipline among students is Some students bully other students in lower classes followed by students coming late to school and then fighting during school hours, the teaching of CRS helps in curbing indiscipline among students in public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area to a high extent, the teaching of CRS helps in curbing cultism among students in public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area to a high extent and the teaching of CRS helps in curbing drug abuse among students in public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area to a high extent. Based on the findings it was recommended that Religious instruction should be entrenched in secondary school curriculum. This is imperative as we assume that the teaching of CRS brings the fear of God and consequently that students who fear God would not engage in unruly behaviour, and this would make for a peaceful atmosphere as well as Series of regular programmes like seminar, workshops, in-service training and others should be organized to update teachers knowledge as well as guiding both teachers and students’ behavior in schools.