Bullying Behaviour And Academic Achievement Among Government Aided And Private Secondary School Student

Abstract

newline In recent years school violence has become a serious topic of concern. There are various kinds of school violence ranging from bullying, fighting, assaulting inside and outside the school premises, bringing drugs and harmful components to the school, sexual harassment, vandalism, stealing, bringing handheld weapons and firearms inside the school premises to many more of such kinds of behaviours that are not acceptable inside the school premises and also in the society. There is growing consensus among researchers that bullying in schools is a nationwide problem that can negatively impact the general school climate and student s right to attend school safely. Taking into account all these views regarding bullying it could generally be summarized by the 4Ps, as follows.