BULLYING AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
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2014
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Institute of Education and Research, University Of peshawar
Abstract
The overall purpose of the proposed study was to analyze bullying as a social
problem in Secondary Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The objectives of the
proposed study were to explore physical, verbal and social bullying in Secondary
Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to evaluate the nature of bullying among male and
female students in Secondary Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to investigate
objectively the causes and effects of bullying in Secondary Schools of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, to suggest workable anti bullying strategies in Secondary Schools of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa towards bullying and to compare ways of bullying of boys and
girls in Secondary Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The target population was all the principals, teachers and students, both male
and female, from the public Secondary Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The sample
was selected through random stratified sampling techniques. A sample of 1800, (30
principals, 270 teachers and 1500 students) were selected from six districts of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa including Charsadda, Mardan Nowshera, Peshawar, Malakand and
Swabi. Five (four boys and one girl), public Secondary Schools of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa were randomly selected from each selected district. From each district
five (05) principals, forty five (45) teachers and two hundred and fifty (250) students
participated in the study. From each school a principal, nine (09) teachers and fifty
(50) students (25 each from class 9th and 10th) were selected as sample of the study.
To achieve the objectives of the study, three questionnaires containing same items,
were prepared one each for principals, teachers and students, to get their perception
on bullying. The data was collected, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted by using Chi
Square method.