School discipline portends a bridge used by schools to accomplish their goals, procure success to the weak and esteem to the entire school because no matter how brilliantly a school’s system is conceived, it will not work effectively unless the sunshine of discipline radiates the entire school system. This subject is analysed using Kant’s moral theory on the grounds that the declining rate of discipline in schools is a key contributory factor to the erosion of academic success. The paper is based on a qualitative research that assumes that, affirmation of good school systems without discipline is the beginning of delusions for academic success, and consequently sought appropriate policies to reduce indiscipline in schools. The research was a case study of 2 schools that used multi-methods to collect in-depth data with interview guides and interview schedules as instruments for data collection. The total population for the study was 232 and a multi-stage sampling design was used to select 20 respondents. The data was analysed with 4 levels of coding using Microsoft Word and Excel. The findings showed that: teachers and heads apart from students are culprits of school indiscipline and students learn bad behaviours from their teachers; success at school discipline will depend on the use of firmness, fairness and patience to arrive at decisions that would help to promote discipline. The paper recommends that schools should set up rules and regulations that fall within the ambit of public education policy but interspersed with the ‘good will’ to guide behaviour and conduct.
Keywords: Metaphysical Ideas; Categorical Imperative; Discipline; Academic Success; Morality; Good Will.
