Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies

Aim of the Study: This study explored on the relationship between student discipline and academic performance of secondary school students in Habaswein Sub-County. The research design adopted in this study was a survey research design. The target population was 1251 teacher and students, which comprised of 7 deputy principals, 7 guidance and counseling masters, 70 teachers from each school and 1167 secondary school students in Habaswein sub-county. The study purposively sampled 231 respondents.

Tools: Data for the study was collected using semi structured questionnaires. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics using frequencies and percentages while qualitative data were categorized according to themes.

Results: It was found that drug abuse is adversely affects academic performance of secondary school students in Habaswein Sub-County since it is characterized with absenteeism. The study reveals that students strikes (p<0.01) had a significant relationship with academic performance of secondary school students in Habaswein sub-county (r=0 .426), absenteeism (p<0.01) had significant relationship with academic performance of secondary school students in Habaswein sub-count (r= 0.444), the relationship between bullying and academic performance of secondary school students in Habaswein sub-county (p<0.01) is significant (r =0.422) and drug abuse(p<0.01) had a significant relationship with academic performance of secondary school students (r= 0. 361). The study concludes that; school strikes are detrimental to the academic performance of school in Habaswein sub-county, absenteeism has a very high disastrous effect on academic performance among secondary schools in Habaswein sub-county, drug abuse adversely affects academic performance of secondary school students in Habaswein sub-county, and bullying hamper academic performance of secondary school students in Habaswein sub-county.