DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON PUPIL’S DISCIPLINE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN TURKANA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY IN KENYA

From a public health perspective drug and substance abuse has long been a source of major concern, both for individual’s health and for wider society as a whole. Substances that are considered harmful are strictly regulated according to a classification system that took into account the harms and risks of taking each drug. This study was to determine the effects of drug and substance abuse and student discipline among primary school pupils. The study employed descriptive survey design and stratified random sampling techniques in five wards of Turkana central sub-county, purposive sampling of 4 schools per ward in the category of mixed day primary and mixed boarding primary schools with 10 pupils in each school. The sample size of the study comprised of 360 pupils, 7 guidance and counseling teachers, 7 head teachers and 4 county director of education officials. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data from the pupils and guidance and counseling teachers while interview schedules were used to conduct interviews with the head teachers and county director of education officials. Data collected was edited, coded and entered into SPSS version 23 for analysis. Quantitative data was analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics such frequencies and percentages and presented using frequency tables, bar graphs and pie charts. Qualitative data was thematically analyzed and presented using prose.