Moral decadence in second cycle public schools in Asante Akyem North district

Abstract

The study investigated two main issues; the types, causes and effects of immorality among students in the Second Cycle Institutions and the solutions to the problems of immorality among students in the various Second Cycle Institutions in the Asante Akyem North District. The research design used for the study is a descriptive survey. The decision to use the descriptive survey is based on the fact that this research is non-experimental as it deals with describing the existing conditions rather than manipulation of variables. The study revealed that the causes of immorality among students are both hereditary and the environment. The environmental causes include peer pressure, mass media and internet, the economic conditions in the country among others. The work also revealed that immorality among students has both immediate and future repercussions on the student and the society as a whole. The effects of immorality includes; physical, social, health repercussions. The study identify various ways to solve the problem such as inviting role models and prominent people in the community into the schools to give talks and share their personal experiences and the way to success with the students. The role models included the old students, chiefs, queen mothers, revenered ministers and others. Equally, the schools should reward well behaved students to encourage others to emulate.