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School policies and students discipline are the heart of any education institution. Education is the basis of the officialpolicy on the purpose and programs of Education. White papers’ articulation of the purpose of Uganda’s educationsystem continues to be supreme guidance for the sector. The purpose of this study was to establish the influenceSchool policies on students’ discipline, to establish the influence of school policies on students’ discipline, to identifythe causes of students’ indiscipline in secondary schools and to establish the effects of school administration onstudents’ discipline in Fort portal Municipality in Kabalore District. The study was carried out using a crosssectionalsurvey design to investigate the attitudes, opinions and feelings as well as experiences of teachers, studentsand head teachers of the secondary schools of Fort portal Municipality, purposive sampling was used to get thesample of respondents from head teachers and leaders of the locals while questionnaires was the main instrument ofdata collection in this study, which was structured, and self-administered. The study found out that 81 respondentsaccounting for 23.9% said that Universal secondary education is one of the influence of school policies, 60respondents accounting for 17.9% supported compulsory Science subjects as another influence, 52 respondentsaccounting for 15.4% supported trained teachers, 46 respondents accounting for 13.5% supported games and sportsor physical education, 28 accounting for 8.2% supported vocational subjects while 71 respondents accounting for21.1% supported not registering students with division 9 at UCE school policies. The most effective strategy tomaintain discipline in school is by use of dialogue and creating an understanding among students especially theirleaders about the need to live in a disciplined environment both at school and beyond. Appreciation of this philosophyis a key to discipline maintenance. Discipline issues should be a collective responsibility. Naturally this approach gohand in hand with good academic performance. The visible presence of teachers in enforcing school rules andregulations should be to guide learners and teachers on the way forward but not to restrict either party to thedictates of the rules themselves. Thus, respective schools should take it upon themselves to ensure and promotefriendly environment so as to foster effective teaching and learning.