An Analysis of Ubuntu Theory of Management: Reimagining Africanised Leadership Towards Improving Discipline in Nigerian Secondary Schools

Abstract

School indiscipline is an issue that is a worry all over the world. Particularly in Nigerian secondary institutions, the threat of indiscipline poses a challenge to overall academic efficacy and has impeded the achievement of educational goals and objectives. In response to the scourge of indiscipline that has infiltrated Nigerian schools, this paper’s goal is to consider the application of the Ubuntu Theory of Management (UTM) in addressing students’ indiscipline in Nigerian secondary schools. It argued that Ubuntu is an African perspective management tool that can be used to tackle students’ indiscipline in African countries in general and Nigeria in particular. In the same spirit, it turns into a helpful tool for maintaining student behaviour in secondary schools in Nigeria. The theory’s applicability to disciplinary management has been sufficiently illustrated in this paper. Keywords: Discipline, Ubuntu, Secondary School, Inclusivity, Decision-making