Democratic Leadership and Students' Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Teso North Sub County, Kenya

The Principal of a school plays a very important role in shaping and maintaining the students' discipline in the school. He she determines the behavioral pattern of the school community. The Principal influences the teachers, members of the support staff, parents and students. The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of the democratic leadership style on students' discipline in public secondary schools in Teso North Sub County, Kenya. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The target population consisted of 31 deputy principals administration and 216 teachers from the 31 public secondary schools in Teso North Sub County, Kenya. Stratified random sampling technique was used for the schools. Purposive sampling technique was employed for the deputy principals administration while simple random sampling was used to select the teachers. The total sample size was 139 respondents comprising 16 deputy principals administration and 123 teachers. The data was collected using interview schedules for Deputy Principals administration and questionnaires for the class teachers. The study showed that schools in which the Principals practiced democratic leadership style registered a high level of discipline. The study concluded that principals' use of democratic leadership styles has the effect of significantly minimizing chances of students' misbehaviour. Domitila Atitwa | Jane Barasa | Sarah Likoko "Democratic Leadership and Students' Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Teso North Sub-County, Kenya" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-4, August 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd59773.pdf Paper Url:https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/59773/democratic-leadership-and-students'-discipline-in-public-secondary-schools-in-teso-north-subcounty-kenya/domitila-atitwa