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Article Title: Assessment of Pupils' Preferred Disciplining Styles and Counseling Practices in Public Primary Schools in Kimilili
by Nanjala D. and G. Ngeno

Abstract:
Well behaved pupils have better chances of excelling in their academic work which is an indicator of quality education. Quality education, in turn, is considered the key to economic and industrial growth and ultimately development. The government has directed efforts to ensure that each child gains access to free primary education since 2003. The national goals of economic recovery and industrialization of vision 2030 are jeopardized by students� unrests, truancy, drug- abuse, stealing, and failure to complete assignments as a result of indiscipline in both primary and secondary schools. Since the government banned corporal punishment in schools, it has posed a challenge in finding an effective means of instilling discipline among pupils. Therefore, this paper endeared to find out how students prefer to be disciplined and how counseling services are enhanced in the schools. It is therefore projected that this paper will help generate discipline strategies that will help the ministry of Education, Teachers and parents in moulding acceptable behavior in pupils and thus having an upright citizen for a peaceful country. This study adopted the mixed research paradigm. It was established that majority of the pupils preferred guidance and counseling to other disciplining styles. Additionally, it was depicted from the study that majority of the schools do not have counseling facilities and resources to serve the pupils adequately.

Keywords: preferred discipline style, counseling practices counseling, guidance and discipline

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