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    Religious Institutions Activities and Students’ Discipline Management in Secondary Schools, Ngora District
    (Uganda Christian Uinversity, 2024-11-12) Petua Ademun
    The religious institutional activities are aimed at shaping the discipline of the students. However, secondary schools in Ngora district experiences undesirable students’ behavior and there is insufficient information to explain how religious institutional activities to promote the management of students’ discipline in the district. This study therefore, sought to examine the influence of religious institutions’ activities on discipline management of students in secondary schools in Ngora district. The study objectives were; to examine the influence of religious guidance and counselling activities on students’ discipline management in secondary schools in Ngora district, to assess the influence of religious mentorship activities on students’ discipline management in secondary schools in Ngora district and to analyze the influence of religious evangelism activities on students’ discipline management in secondary schools in Ngora district. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design using both quantitative and qualitative approaches for obtaining data. The study population included the District Education Officer, Headteachers, Class teachers, school Chaplains, senior men teachers, senior women teachers, students’ patrons, and S.2 students. The sample of the study was 330 respondents. The sampling techniques included census, purposive and simple random sampling. The data collection instruments were questionnaire and interview guide. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Regression analysis while the thematic method was used for qualitative data. Findings revealed that religious guidance and counseling activities has a significant influence on students’ discipline management in secondary schools in Ngora district as portrayed by the regression analysis with the R Square of 0.155 (15.5%) and the ANNOVAa with a P value of 0.000. To a large extent, guidance and counselling activities helped students to grow into responsible individuals and developed their interpersonal skills. It was also found that religious mentoring activities have a significant influence on students’ discipline management in secondary schools in Ngora district as reflected by regression analysis with the R Square of 0.218 (21.8%) and ANOVAa with a p-value of 0. 000. and the fact that mentoring activities guide the moral development of the students. Finally, religious evangelism activities was found to significantly influence students’ discipline management in secondary schools in Ngora as portrayed by the regression analysis of the R square of 0.378 (37.8 %) and ANOVAa with a P value of 0.000. It was found out that there are dedication services for candidate classes, religious institutions missions/outreaches in schools, regular school community worship among others contributed to better school environment that shaped students’ discipline. School administration effectively programme the religious activities to enable full participation of the students. This study is relevant in informing the government, policy makers and other stakeholders in the education in understanding the relevance of religious activities in managing the discipline of the students. Further research is recommended on influence of religious institutional activities in primary schools.