Educational Research and Reviews Vol. 7(8), pp. 192-195, 26 February, 2012 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/ERR DOI: 10.5897/ERR10.195 ISSN 1990-3839 ©2012 Academic Journals Review Disciplining of student’s vis-à-vis the duties/responsibilities of vice principals in secondary institutions in Oyo State: Yesterday and today Adewusi, Aderogba Oladiran 1,2 1 School of Management, Laureate Online Education, University of Liverpool, UK. 2 Customer Care Management, Oceanic Bank Int’l Plc, 15 M.K.O. Abiola Way, Challenge Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. E-mail: aderogba.adewusi@yahoo.com. Tel: 234(80)33957849. Accepted 8 September, 2011 This paper focused on how Nigeria’s teeming youth requires a high level of seriousness from all stakeholders: the student, school administrators, teaching staff, parents, educational agencies and the government. There had been much emphasis on the need for everyone to understand and play specifically assigned roles, and to ensure that the posterity is not marred by foundational flaws in child discipline. It had been noted that all the stakeholders are significant to the sustainability of discipline in secondary institutions; a continuous and effective exposition for each category is significant to the achievement of remarkable success. This study reviews the unavoidable responsibilities of vice principals in the disciplining of students in Oyo state. The importance of comparing the past and present forms of discipline in a bid to fabricate a better future for the next generation was also considered. The paper stresses that inculcating the foundation of discipline in students can only be successful if educators know the implication of failing to guide their wards to the threshold of success. Hence, the need to squarely face and resolve any observed decay and decadence of norms and values in our secondary schools with vice principals playing a significant role. Key words: Vice principal, teachers, Nigeria, students, caning, Oyo State, child abuse. INTRODUCTION Instilling discipline in students of secondary institutions is one of the most significant assignments of a vice principal. This must be done in accordance to the laws of the nation, state and the school. The term discipline is often used for the administration of punishment to students when an offence is committed, that is, when a Vice principal is said to be disciplining a child, he is meting out punitive measures to the student that had exhibited contrary behaviours to the norms. This may not always be the case, discipline also refers to the trait of behaving well and in the confines of the school rules and regulations; that is a situation where the vice principal takes the position of a leader who carefully guides the students through the rules and regulations for moulding them towards their immaculate future. Whether administrative or academic, a vice principal must be loyal to the state and the principal of the school, he must first discipline himself to be able to pass the good traits to his students. The knowledge and ability to differentiate “good” from “bad” is very essential in the appointment of vice principals. He must be ready to explore all credible avenues to ensure that these students conform to the expectations of their parents, the state and other stakeholders. This is the only way they can become good leaders of tomorrow: “School discipline refers to regulation of children and the maintenance of order (“rules”) in schools. These rules may, for example, define the expected standards of clothing, timekeeping, social behaviour and work ethics” (Nakpodia, 2010). The issue of discipline in our secondary institutions cannot be overemphasized, every school vice principal must meticulously fashion out effective methods of training students with a focus on the future. The methods should be credible, and in conformity to the constitutions of the land too. It is not good to have good rules and