The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between parents’ attitude towards their children’s education and level of students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Naivasha sub-county, Kenya. The study targeted a total of 197 respondents (constituting 28 head teachers and 169 teachers). A total of 195 respondents participated in the study (169 teachers and 26 principals) participated giving a response rate of 99%. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample head teachers while Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) table for determining sample size for teachers. Questionnaires were used as instrument for data collection. SPSS was used to analyze the data where both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The analyzed data were presented in terms of graphs and tables. The results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between parents’ attitude towards child’s education and students’ discipline (r = .399, p = .000). Therefore, the null hypothesis that there was no significant relationship between parents’ attitude towards child’s education and students’ discipline was rejected at .05 level of confidence. The study therefore concluded that parents’ attitude towards child’s education influences students’ discipline in secondary schools in Naivasha sub-county. It was recommended that parents’ should have more positive attitude towards a child’s education. This can be realized through monitoring the academic performance of their children and taking keen concern on decline on the performance by engaging teachers.

Abstract:The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between teacher commitment to students learning needs and level of students' discipline in public secondary schools in Naivasha subcounty, Kenya. The study targeted a total of 197 respondents (constituting 28 head teachers and 169 teachers). A total of 195 respondents participated in the study (169 teachers and 26 principals) participated giving a response rate of 99%. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample head teachers while Krejcie and Morgan's (1970) table for determining sample size for teachers. Questionnaires were used as instrument for data collection. SPSS was used to analyze the data where both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The analyzed data were presented in terms of graphs and tables. The results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between teacher commitment to students learning needs and level of students' discipline (r = .271, p = .000). Therefore, the null hypothesis that there was no significant relationship between teacher commitment to students learning needs and level of students' discipline was rejected at .05 level of confidence. The study therefore concluded that teacher commitment to students learning needs influences students' discipline in secondary schools in Naivasha sub-county. It was recommended that teachers should be more committed to meeting the students' learning needs. This can be achieved through holding discussions with parents on their children's academic performance and character development.

ABSTRACT:-The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of teacher-student relationship on students' indiscipline in public secondary schools in Naivasha sub-county, Kenya. The study was conducted in 26 public secondary schools. The target population for the study compromised head teachers and teachers of public secondary schools in Naivasha Sub-county. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample head teachers while Krejcie and Morgan's (1970) table for determining sample size for teachers. A total of 195 respondents were targeted by the study (constituting 26 head teachers and 169 teachers) out of which 194 responded (constituting 25 head teachers and 169 teachers) giving a response rate of 99%. Questionnaires were used as instrument for data collection. SPSS was used to analyze the data where both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The analyzed data were presented in terms of graphs and tables. Results showed that teacher-student relationship had a significant negative relationship with student indiscipline in schools (Phi (ø) = -.796, p=0.000). The Chi-Square (χ²) statistic between teacher-students relationship and students' indiscipline was statistically significant (χ²=321.248, p=0.000).The null hypothesis H01 was therefore rejected at .05 level of significance. The study concluded that the higher the level of teacher-student relationship, the less the level of indiscipline in schools teacher-student relationship influences students' discipline in secondary schools in Naivasha Sub-County. It was recommended that schools should ensure that there is good relationship between teachers and students. By creating good relationship between teachers and students, the school environment may become conducive thus reducing the cases of indiscipline among students.

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between parents’ commitment to their children’seducation and level of students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Naivasha sub-county, Kenya.  Thestudy targeted a total of 197 respondents (constituting 28 head teachers and 169 teachers). A total of 195respondents participated in the study (169 teachers and 26 principals) participated giving a response rate of99%. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample head teachers while Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970)table for determining sample size for teachers. Questionnaires were used as instrument for data collection.SPSS was used to analyze the data where both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The analyzeddata were presented in terms of graphs and tables. The results showed that there was a significant positiverelationship between parents’ commitment to child’s education and students’ discipline (r = .387, p = .000).Therefore, the null hypothesis that there was no significant relationship between parents’ commitment tochild’s education and students’ discipline was rejected at .05 level of confidence. The study thereforeconcluded that parents’ commitment to child’s education influences students’ discipline in secondaryschools in Naivasha sub-county. It was recommended that parents should be more committed to theirchildren’s’ education. This can be achieved through participating in school meetings and materiallysupporting the education of their children