CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Deviant behaviour is a big problem in Nigeria today some years ago Egyptians priest carved on a stone our earth degenerated children no longer obey their parents, the attention of different people was been drawn to the increase of deviant behaviour among youth nowadays.
According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary seven editions define deviant behaviour as differently form of what most people consider to be normal and acceptable. Deviant behaviour can also be defined as not keeping to the rules and norms of the society, or the school norms.
It has been observed that quite numbers of students in higher institution of learning are deviant behaviour they become deviant when they engage in activities which are neither under the control of the school system in the society.
Deviant behavior is to deviate from the norms of a particular people in the society or community that in turning aside or away from set shown rules of political system or principle of a social, such behavior could be seen as crime, indiscipline in school, home prostitution, cultism, drunkenness e.t.c.
Through education service those manifestation can be eradicated of deviant behaviour in school which a lot of bad behavior are such smoking, drunkenness, abortion, stealing, prostitution and other. The family as an agent of socialization could have significant impact on the child this is evident from the fact that it is the first place where the child learn about leadership and what it takes, here basis skills and behavior pattern have to behave in the home are taught by parents taught by the parents.
The problem is that of deviant behaviour which a form of indiscipline is, the problem of deviant society manifest itself in the Nigeria society and most of our school product for example lack of total commitment and dedication of their work, lateness to work, neglect of duty and parent who feels less concern about their children are already asleep e.t.c. this means that the school should be able to produce disciplined pupils who are free from any deviant act or behavior be it during tanking drug addiction, truancy in school, abortion, sexual immorality, prostitution, bribery and corruption e.t.c.