Strategies For Curbing Maladjustment Behaviour In Public Primary School Pupils

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground of the StudyPrimary schools are established with the aim of producingpupils who are worthy in character and learning. Pupils areexpected to acquire knowledge, skills, experience and disciplinethat will help them sharpen their destiny and rebuild them fromwhat they used to be to what they intend to become. Pupils atthis level of education fall between the ages of 6 to 11 plus (NPE,2004). This period is described as the childhood age period whichhas been christened by some psychologists as a period below thelegal age of responsibility or accountability (Okobia &…