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Title: WHAT MAKES LEARNERS AND TEACHERS VULNERABLE IN SCHOOLS OF CHANDIGARH? A STUDY ON SCHOOL VIOLENCE
Authors: Dr. Mamta Garg
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Dr. Mamta Garg Associate Professor in Education, University school of Open Learning Panjab University, Chandigarh
MLA 8 Garg, Dr. Mamta. "WHAT MAKES LEARNERS AND TEACHERS VULNERABLE IN SCHOOLS OF CHANDIGARH? A STUDY ON SCHOOL VIOLENCE." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 7363-7376, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=531. Accessed Dec. 2018. APA 6 Garg, D. (2018, December). WHAT MAKES LEARNERS AND TEACHERS VULNERABLE IN SCHOOLS OF CHANDIGARH? A STUDY ON SCHOOL VIOLENCE. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(12), 7363-7376. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=531 Chicago Garg, Dr. Mamta. "WHAT MAKES LEARNERS AND TEACHERS VULNERABLE IN SCHOOLS OF CHANDIGARH? A STUDY ON SCHOOL VIOLENCE." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 12 (December 2018), 7363-7376. Accessed December, 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=531.
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Abstract: Schools as key socialization agencies are no longer perceived as shelters of good manners, human values and civic conflict solving strategies, but instead are prone to violence and deviant behavior. Regular media reports on serious acts of violence in schools indicate that school violence is becoming a major issue worldwide. Besides the severe forms of violence in schools, the minor forms of violence go unreported and without any concern making students and teachers vulnerable. A scientific assessment of the exact extent to which violence is actually prevalent in schools of Chandigarh was carried out so that potential vulnerabilities may be estimated. For this, data was collected from 935 students of 26 schools of Chandigarh. The findings of this study indicate that psychological, emotional, physical and sexual violence at is widely spread in schools at various levels. Two third of the students were frequently victimized by their peers. Nine students out of ten students were victimized (with 56% reported to be frequent victims) by teachers with one or other form of violence during last twelve months. The incidents of student to teacher violence were reported from about 40% schools. These findings indicate that both students and teachers are vulnerable of violence so intervention programs are to be devised in the to change the culture within schools and to make students and teachers to feel safe in schools.

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