The Role of School Leadership and Sponsor on Students’ Discipline in Public Catholic Sponsored Secondary Schools in Loitokitok, Kajiado County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to share the findings of a study on the Role of Christianity on Student Discipline in secondary schools that was motivated by the unique role Christianity plays in character formation and teachings on obedience. The study sought to establish the impact of Christianity on students’ discipline, with Christianity as the independent variable and Students’ discipline as the dependent variable. The study constructs school leadership and sponsor as independent variables. What impact do Christian Leadership and sponsorship have in enhancing discipline among students? The study design was a cross-sectional research design and the target population was Catholic sponsored public Secondary schools in Loitokitok sub-county in Kajiado County, where the study sample was extracted. The study sought to use both primary and secondary data, which were both qualitative and quantitative. The data were collected using questionnaires, direct observations and interviews. A pilot survey was conducted to check the veracity of the study instrument. The questionnaire reliability test Cronbach Alpha α = 0.764. The results above 0.7 indicate that the study instrument is reliable. The data collected were analyzed using both descriptive as well as statistical analysis. The study sampled and distributed 364 questionnaires. The response rate achieved was 95.9% corresponding to 349 complete questionnaires for data analysis. The data were cleaned, coded, and organized, ready for analysis. The study findings indicate that a strong correlation between the contribution of Christian leadership and sponsorship in schools was significant, with r= 0.66. A report was compiled from the study analysis results and presented in a Dissertation for defense and publishing.