Abstract
It is a lll1iversally acknowledged fact that education is a vital enterprise
geared towards the acquisition of skills, values and knowledge. It is the key to
the development of any nation, because it develops the human resource needeg
for socio-economictransformation. Thus, every progressive and civilized
society thrives on values such as diligence, tolerance, honesty? respect and
consideration for others, courtesy, decorum, decency and love among others.
These are some of the views which society cherishes and have been the
fOlll1dation for nationhood and civilization for ages. Education is the concern
of the people for the right upbringing of their children. It is generally and
universally accepted that schools are purposeful institutions set up by the
society with the explicit goal of providing instruction for systematic education
for learners.
Cermin (1978, p.3) defined education as "the deliberate systematic and
sustained effort to transmit and evoke or acquire knowledge, attitudes and
values, skills and sensibilities and ~y learning that results from efforts, direct
or indirect, intended or unintended". Education is therefore concerned ,vith
developing the totality ofthe individual. In Ghana, the mission of successive
governments since colonial times has been to pursue education to the ultimate
level and standard. The various educational reforms since 1951, all attest to
this claim. Parents and all stakeholders continue to cry out against the falling
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BAIDOO, PAUL . "CHALLENGES IN MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE IN KOFORIDUA SENIOR HIGH TECHNICAL SCHOOL" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 27, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/challenges-in-maintaining-discipline-in-koforidua-senior-high-technical-school