Examining indiscipline among learners in Khomas education region: A case study of circuit one

Abstract

The research explored factors that contributed to learners’ indiscipline in secondary schools in the Khomas education region of Namibia. The study employed a case study of four secondary schools. A qualitative research approach was used to collect data using a multi-case study research design. Sixteen participants were selected on the basis of purposive sampling, while eight were chosen using convenience sampling. The study’s findings were in line with the deficit models and revealed factors that contributed to learners’ indiscipline as located within the individual learners, the parents, the society, the school system, and the school itself. In order to curb indiscipline among learners in secondary schools, it is important to take disciplinary measures and review the purpose of education in the light of Ubuntu ethics of care. In so doing, the schools would then be seen as a part of the wider community, in which people care for each other and act in a reciprocal way.