Abstract:
The thrust of the study was mainly to identify disciplinary practices at Wesley
College of Education. The research design adopted for the study was a
quantitative design, specifically the descriptive survey design. The target
population for this study comprised students and administrators of Wesley
College of Education in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ashanti Region. The
population of students was based on the class lists of the year 2017 and 2018.
The stratified, simple random and purposive sampling were used to select 265
students and 33 administrators and used questionnaire to collect data from
respondents. The data was analysed using the descriptive statistics (mean and
standard deviation). Based on the findings of the study, it was revealed that
provision of guidance and counselling services, rewarding the efforts of
students, involving students in decision-making at the school level and
encouraging students to improve their behaviour are disciplinary practices in
the Wesley College of Education. However, withdrawal of privileges, in school and out-school suspensions and application of corporal punishment as
means of disciplinary practices in the college were not effective practices. It
was recommended that the college should employ the services of professional
counsellors to provide guidance and counselling services to students
