Constraints to Effective Learners Disciplinary Management and Implementation Strategies by Principals in Public Secondary Schools in South Eastern Nigeria

One of the leadership roles of the secondary school principal is learner discipline management. The ultimate aims and objectives make it clear that the goal of secondary education is to develop the individual's mental capacity and character for behaviour for higher education and useful living within the society since the future of any nation depends quite considerably on the quality of education it provides for its citizens. Falling standard of secondary education in Nigeria may not be unconnected with diminution to effective quality control. This underscores the purpose of this study to investigate the diminution to effective quality control of public secondary schools in South-Eastern states of Nigeria. In educational management and policy, there are two viewpoints on organizational control in secondary schools: one, which schools are highly decentralized organizations in which teachers have workplace autonomy and discretion; two, that schools are top-down bureaucracies in which teachers have little influence over school operations. These control measures if well implemented by school heads will enhance effective and efficient school administration.