Contextual Behaviors of Drug Users and Abusers among Secondary School Students that hinder Academic Performance in Kahama Municipality

ABSTRACT: The study dealt with Contextual Behaviors of Drug Users and Abusers among secondary studentsthat hinder Academic Performance in Kahama Municipality. This research study relied on four objectives toinclude; first was to determine the Contextual behaviors exhibited by the students who use and abuse drugs,second was to find out the role of school administration in controlling the contextual behaviors exhibited bythe students who use and abuse drugs, third was to highlight the challenges that teachers are facing whiledealing with students who use and abuse drugs and the fourth objective was to establish preventive measures insolving the challenges of contextual behaviors of students who use and abuse drugs. Targeted population of thisstudy was all 17 teachers in charge of discipline, all 17 headmasters/headmistress of public secondary schoolsand one Secondary Education Officer in Kahama Municipality Council. Reliability of this current research studywas 0.825. The major findings of this current research study were; in objective one the mostly drug abused wasmarijuana (cannabis sativa), mostly symptoms exhibited was poor judgments, drugs hinder academicperformance in greater extent and mostly behavior exhibited was truancy. In objective two the findings revealedthat the schools administration are solving in disciplinary cases of students related with drugs use and abuse. Inobjective three the findings revealed that, mostly challenge that teachers face while dealing with students whouse and abuse drugs was lack of parental support in controlling students’ behaviors. In objective four thefindings revealed that, the major remedial measures to control drugs were cooperation among of stakeholders,law enforcement, encouraging team working on dealing with drugs users and abusers, to train many teachers inprofessional guidance and counseling as well as incorporating drug education to other subjects.Recommendation of this current study were government need to improve rehabilitation programs in schools,create awareness to parents and community through social media on impact of drugs, the parents need tocooperate with school managements to control students’ behaviors, schools and religious institutions need tointervene by strength religious study to adolescents.

Key words. Academic performance, contextual behaviors, drugs use and abuse.