PREVENTION OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOURS AS PERCEIVED BY SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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Date
2025
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Kwasu International Journal of Educational Management and Leadership (KIJEMAL)
Abstract
This study examined prevention of deviant behaviours as perceived by secondary school
teachers in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. Three research hypotheses were raised to guide
the study. The total population of the study was four hundred and eighty-three (483)
Secondary school teachers. Descriptive survey research design was employed to collect the
data. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the three hundred (300)
respondents that participated in this study. The main instrument used was a questionnaire
tagged “Prevention of deviant behaviours” (PDBQ). Both face and content validity of the
instrument were established. The psychometric analysis was based on validity and reliability
measure of the research instrument. The t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistical
tools were used to test the three null hypotheses. The result of ANOVA showed a significant
difference in the perception of secondary school teachers in Ilorin metropolis on the
prevention of deviant behaviours and hence, Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) was used
as post-hoc test to determine the group(s) that contributed to the significant difference. The
findings based on the respondent’s expression for the prevention of deviant behaviours was
that the school management must be conversant with the rules and cooperation between
religious leaders, parents and school teachers with a mean score of 3.13. The result of the
test used on the first hypothesis confirmed that significant difference exists on the basis of
religious affiliation. Based on the findings the researcher concluded that, the teachers, school
management, home and society at large should work toward developing better citizens and
counselling made an integral part of the training of students. Based on the findings, the
following recommendations were made: Effective communication should be employed at all
levels of education to identify and prevent deviant behaviours, reducing students socially
unacceptable acts such as pick-pocketing, running away from home, gang involvement,
precocious sexual activities and truancy.