BULLYING BEHAVIOURS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS:  INTERVENTION IMPERATIVE

BOSAH; IFEOMA PATIENCE; OBIDIKE NGOZI DIWUNMA; ENEMOR JOY OBIAGELI

Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

BULLYING BEHAVIOURS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS: INTERVENTION IMPERATIVE

Bosah, Ifeoma Patience, Obidike Ngozi Diwunma, Enemor Joy Obiageli

Abstract :

Bullying which seems to be a widespread problem among the primary schools has a harmful effect on the mental, physical and social wellbeing of the child .To prevent such mishaps on the children, this study examined the available bullying practices among the primary schools within Awka urban area, the roles of different stakeholders in education as intervention strategies and made recommendations on how to ing bullying to a stop. This study will be significant to the parents, government and head teachers on how to join hand to ensure a conducive learning environment free from fear of bullying for better academic achievement of the pupils .The study which was limited to public primary schools used a descriptive survey guided by two research questions .A sample population of 80 randomly selected primary six children and ten head teachers from all the 20 public primary schools in Awka urban area were used. The instrument used for collection of data was a 15 Item questionnaire. The study found out that in primary schools in Awka urban area, different bullying practices were available and at a very high frequency such as taunting, fighting, gossiping, stealing and others. The researchers therefore concluded that putting bullying under control should be the responsibilities of all the stakeholders in education such as the parents, educators, non governmental organizations, policy makers, religious organizations and the school pupils involved. Based on the findings, recommendations were made among others is that the head teachers should organize orientations for the pupils and the teachers on human right policy and a parental awareness campaign could be conducted during the Parents Teachers meeting .