The worth of discipline for every human being is unquestionable and what to talk of the significance of discipline in a school, a place where tender minds are to receive academic and moral training for building their future along with their country's.
It is a general observation these days that the discipline at a majority of our schools, where normally a child spends 10 to 12 years of his early life, does not reach an encouraging level- one of the fundamental reasons we see rowdy and sometimes aimless too, learners emerging from our high schools, colleges and even universities.
The end product: social chaos of every sort that we are witnessing today.
Causes of school lacking discipline are many and varied. The overall decline in social attitudes, scarcity of ethical training at schools, unsatisfactory coordination between teachers and the administration and perhaps to cap all these is the very slim support schools usually get from guardians/parents with whom children spend around 16 to 17 hours daily.
Some teacher's eccentric demeanour has its own detriment in school. Electronic media and the tempting gadgets for children and teenagers available in the market these days also play a damaging role n some cases. Teachers and section heads extra strict management of affairs concerning discipline also leads the scenario to unexpected disorders. Even a slip of the tongue by a student or a teacher creates a big mess.
If changing the approach of the entire society is not possible, the other factors mentioned above can surely be controlled.
The three sources that contribute in upgrading a child's discipline are parents, teachers and the environment minus school and guardians.
Now due to various complex social and economical issues a child presently living in a big city like Karachi or Lahore can not form a healthy association outside his home or school.
Discipline entails one's "controlled behavior" regardless of the surroundings. In other words discipline involves "adopting a balanced attitude in all circumstances".
