Managing Students’ Lateness in Secondary Schools in Bayelsa State: The Administrators’ Headache and Solutions

Abstract

Learners’ late-coming attitude has constituted a major problem in our educational system nationwide. It is in a bid to proffering viable remedies to the abysmal menace that this study critically examined the following: The meaning of learners late-coming, the negative effect of learners late-coming, reasons why learners come late to school and some practical and realistic measures to manage the phenomenon. The researcher concluded the study with some viable and practical recommendations is that could serve as a panacea to the ravaging malady if teachers and school administrators strictly adhere to them. Among the recommended measures are: provision of guidance and counseling services to students in all schools, parents/guardians should be sensitized and re-oriented via town hall meeting to instill in them the knowledge to release and encourage their children /wards to come to school on time and also educate them on the negative effects of learners late-coming, mobilization and adequate motivation of teachers to enable them dispense their duties efficiently, provision of conducive and sufficient infrastructures and educational facilities in all secondary schools, modern instructional materials should be made available, compulsorily boarding for all students, and provisions of transport allowances / means of transportation to all students.