Abstract:
Many factors contribute to student indiscipline in schools. Some of these
factors emanate from the school environment. In light of this fact, the study was designed to
establish the key school environment contributors and solutions to rowdiness among
secondary school students in Eldoret East Sub-County. Based on the study, this paper
discusses the findings on the effect of academic stress on indiscipline practices among
secondary schools students in Eldoret East Sub-County. The study was led by Social Control
Theory. Ex-post facto research design was used in the study. The target populace of the
research included 3480 form three students and 54 deputy principals in public secondary
schools in Eldoret East Sub County. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were
adopted to pick a sample of 346 students to take part in the study. Census approach method
was considered in which all the 54 deputy principals took part in the study. Questionnaires
and interview schedule were used as data collection instruments. Data collected was
analysed in both descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics was evaluated in
form of frequencies, percentages, average and standard variation. Analysis of Variance was
used to examine the hypotheses. The study also established that academic stress (F [47, 273]
= 2.001, p = .000) had an effect on indiscipline’s cases among secondary school students.
The study concluded that academic stress had an effect on indiscipline cases among
secondary school students. The study, therefore, recommended that the schools should reduce
academic stress by providing adequate time for relaxation to help reduce cases of
indiscipline cases in secondary schools in Eldoret East Sub-County.
