DISCIPLINE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Discipline is an indispensable tool for effective achievement of any educational purpose and objective. It is a key that unlocks acceptable norms, values, behaviours and performance needed in educational institutions, particularly in the primary schools. It also helps to maintain a healthy school climate that will enhance teachinglearning exercise. Although, school is designed for educational purposes, lack of discipline can obstructs both national and school educational goals. Presently, attention of many scholars and researchers have been drawn to the study of school discipline at higher institutions of learning in Nigeria. However, maintaining
discipline in primary level of education form the basis of the national primary education goal. It is, therefore, imperative to examine the nature of discipline in primary schools in Nigeria. This work will examine the nature of discipline in schools, benefits of discipline, preventive disciplinary approaches, roles of school administrators in maintaining discipline and so on