Strategy to Tackle at Risk Students due to Absenteeism and Indiscipline
Abstract
The study was descriptive in nature and survey method was adopted to collect data. All the three thousand six hundred and one (3601) Headmasters and all the nineteen thousand two hundred sixty-five (19265) secondary school teacher working in Govt. Boys Secondary Schools of Punjab were the population of the study. By applying multi stage sampling technique three divisions were selected randomly (Rawalpindi from Northern Punjab, Faisalabad from Central Punjab and Bahawalpur from Southern Punjab) in first stage. In 2nd stage, the researcher selected Eighty-one headmasters and 324 secondary school teachers by using simple random sampling technique. Two questionnaires were developed for headmasters and secondary school teachers. It was found that absenteeism and indiscipline were the main causes of the students to be at risk. Fair assessment, punctuality, proper instructions, and activity based learning may be recommended to make students disciplined for effective learning of at risk students
Authors
Shaukat Aziz
PhD Scholar, Department of Education, Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University, Nerian Sharif, AJ&K, Pakistan
Dr. Nazir Haider Shah
Assistant Professors, Department of Education, Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University, Nerian Sharif, AJ&K, Pakistan
Dr. Ziarab Mahmood
Assistant Professors, Department of Education, Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University, Nerian Sharif, AJ&K, Pakistan