http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).03
10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).03
Published : Mar 2022
The Practices of Bullying and Preventive Practices in Secondary Schools
This study was aimed to measure the practices of bullying and preventive practices in secondary schools. The population of the study was comprised of all the headteachers and secondary level students of all the schools of Sargodha city. A sample of 200 students was randomly selected from20 Boys' Public Secondary Schools. A self-developed questionnaire for students and a semi-structured interview for headteachers validated through expert opinion were administered personally in this study. The obtained data was analyzed and interpreted by using MS Excel. Major results were that most of the students think that bullying becomes the reason for poor grades of students; victims lose their self-esteem, confidence and get mentally and physically affected; the majority of Headteachers claimed that for any bullying incident, appropriate steps are taken according to the seriousness of the event like warning, punishment, calling parents and even expulsion. It is recommended that teachers,administrators and all staff members should be specifically trained for the anti-bullying campaign.
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Bullying, Preventive Practices, Secondary Schools
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(1) Farah Shafiq
Assistant Professor, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Mushtaq Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Naveed Khalid
Resource Person, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Shafiq, F., Ahmad, M., & Khalid, M. N. (2022). The Practices of Bullying and Preventive Practices in Secondary Schools. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(I), 20 - 31. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).03
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CHICAGO : Shafiq, Farah, Mushtaq Ahmad, and Muhammad Naveed Khalid. 2022. "The Practices of Bullying and Preventive Practices in Secondary Schools." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I): 20 - 31 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).03
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HARVARD : SHAFIQ, F., AHMAD, M. & KHALID, M. N. 2022. The Practices of Bullying and Preventive Practices in Secondary Schools. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 20 - 31.
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MHRA : Shafiq, Farah, Mushtaq Ahmad, and Muhammad Naveed Khalid. 2022. "The Practices of Bullying and Preventive Practices in Secondary Schools." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 20 - 31
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OXFORD : Shafiq, Farah, Ahmad, Mushtaq, and Khalid, Muhammad Naveed (2022), "The Practices of Bullying and Preventive Practices in Secondary Schools", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I), 20 - 31
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TURABIAN : Shafiq, Farah, Mushtaq Ahmad, and Muhammad Naveed Khalid. "The Practices of Bullying and Preventive Practices in Secondary Schools." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 20 - 31. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).03