Causes of indiscipline among female students at the technical and vocational teachers’ college, Luanshya, Zambia.
Date
2022-08-05
Authors
Mwamba, Tandeo Joan
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The University of Zambia
Abstract
Technical Teachers’ and Vocational College (TVTC) has been in existence for forty one
years. It was opened in 1975 with a small population of about 360 students. Over the years
the student population has grown to about 3,600 distant students included.
With the increase in student population the college started encountering problems with the
students’ behaviour and the concern was on female students. The problem was to unveil the
major factors contributing to such behaviour and to try and find ways to curtail the vice.
The study focused on indiscipline among female students which included beer drinking and
promiscuous behaviour. It was carried out at Technical and Vocational Teachers College in
Luanshya district.
Forty students were used for the study which included twenty female and twenty male. The
sample also included one member of the administration, five lecturers, two matrons and two
parents bringing the total sample to fifty. A questionnaire was distributed to the forty
students whilst a structured interview guide was used for the members of staff and parents.
Four research questions were formulated to guide the study in line with the four objectives.
The design was a descriptive one as this was a one off method of collecting data. The
questionnaires had ten questions for the staff and six for the students. Answers were
provided with a tick where applicable. For the structured interview questionnaire answers
were recorded as given by the respondents. The results were recorded using excel and
produced in form of tables.
The results indicated the prevalence of indiscipline among female students confirming that
some of them were involved in beer drinking, others in promiscuous behaviour and some in
both.
Recommendations were made based on the findings which among others was the college to
intensify on implementing discipline by bringing in more stringent measures to curb the vice.
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Female students behaviour.