INFLUENCE OF NON-PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT ON STUDENTS DISCIPLINE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF NYAMASHEKE DISTRICT, RWANDA

The research investigated the influence of non-physical punishment on students discipline in public secondary schools in Nyamasheke district. The analysis was done using IBM/SPSS, where statistical calculations like frequencies, means, standard deviation, and correlation were used. This study aims to evaluate the impact of non-physical punishments on students discipline in selected public secondary schools in Nyamasheke district, Rwanda. A sample of 240 respondents, including teachers, parents, and students, was selected from 600 teachers, general assembly members, and student representatives. The research methodology involves simple random sampling. The correlation analysis and linear regression models were adopted. The findings indicated that the overall mean was 3.14, which was between agree (3) and strongly agree (4), indicating that there was a significant relationship between non-physical punishment and the discipline of students in public secondary schools. The statistical results showed that there was a relationship between non-physical punishment and students discipline. 767** that concluded that there was a statistically significant relationship between non-physical punishment and students discipline in public secondary schools in Nyamasheke district, Rwanda. The study recommended that schools administrations should improve non-physical punishment that promotes good collaboration between teacher and student for the purpose of promoting school academic performance.