PREVALENCE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CHANDIGARH

Violence in schools is a pervasive problem and one that requires greater attention from educators, policy makers, and researchers. The present study aimed at finding the rate of prevalence of different types of violence such as student to student, teachers to the student, and student to teachers in government and private schools. For this data was collected from the students of government and private schools of Chandigarh. It was found that the rate of school violence was high in both government and private schools. The details of various forms of violence have been given in this paper. In the end, a few recommendations have been suggested to prevent it.