An investigation of prevention strategies applied to minimize student deviant behaviour in secondary schools within Bungoma County, Kenya
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2018-06-14Author
Nabiswa, Janet
Korir, Daniel
Misigo, Bernard L.
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Whereas many schools have been known to exhibit strong school culture practices that drive academic excellence,
rampant theft and exam cheating in schools across counties in Kenya have stood out as a unique trend of deviance
that could be reflecting absence of a well executed deviance prevention curriculum. Knowledge of the emerging
trends in kinds of deviance being indulged in presupposes an effective rollout of preventive strategies within school
cultures yet this has been missing. The purpose of this study was to address this gap by investigating prevention
strategies being applied to minimize student deviant behaviour in schools within Bungoma County. A sample size of
400 was used from a study population size [N] of 155,796 composed of students, teachers and school management
staff in secondary schools of Bungoma County. The mixed research design that comprised of concurrent
triangulation, correlation and cross sectional survey was employed. Multiphase and stratified sampling was used to
select schools, students and teachers. Purposive sampling was used to select school management staff. The data for
the study was obtained through questionnaires and interviews. Descriptive statistics: cross-tabulations and
frequency tables together with inferential statistical analyses: Chi square and simple linear regression analyses were
used to analyze the data. The study established that all the nine listed preventive strategiesestablishedto minimize
student deviant behaviour in schools within Bungoma County were being applied. Chi-square tests revealed a
significant relationship between preventive strategiesand student deviance prevalence in Bungoma County schools.
The study concludes that while most of the preventive strategies are highly applied within school cultures in
Bungoma county, effective prevention curriculum as a core component of preventive strategies is poorly applied.
The study recommends establishment and enforcement of a deviance prevention curriculum anchored on schoolwide
positive behaviour support systems.
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