Influence of Extracurricular Activities on Students Discipline in Twelve Years Basic Education in Rwanda
Abstract
In 2015, Rwanda adopted a competency based curriculum to replace a knowledge-based curriculum where extracurricular activities (ECA) were introduced. In this new curriculum, the students had an opportunity to participate in games, sports, debates and religious activities. To this effect, this study aimed to establish the influence of extracurricular activities on students discipline. The study employed correlation research design, Solvin formula for sampling and purposive sampling technique were used to select 200 respondents from 398 targeted people. Questionnaires and guided interview were used as data collection instruments. SPSS version 21 was used to enter and to analyze the data. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, percentages, and frequencies) and thematic approach was used for the qualitative data. Karl Pearson correlation coefficient and regression model were computed. Graphs, tablesand textual model were used to present analyzed data. The findings revealed that there is a higher positive degree of relationship between extracurricular activities and students iscipline in twelve years basic education in Gasabo district as indicated by (r) of 0.529. This means that there is a significant influence of ECA on students discipline. Regression model explained 50 percent of students discipline in twelve years of basic education in the Gasabo district as indicated by r-square of 0.501. The study recommended that educational authorities to improve extracurricular activities facilities in all schools.
Keywords: Extracurricular activities, discipline, student discipline, influence and Itorero
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