Eliminating Violence in Schools

In the past few years to eliminate school violence, school violence is increasing throughout the country. This has caused many problems for students, families, teachers, and residents in the surrounding area. The cause of violence may be caused by various things such as drugs, gangs, young people with unstable thought. A combination of these three factors caused violence in schools. Please think about all the school shoots that occurred in the past few years.

The European Commission aims to eliminate violence in schools by educating children about human rights and democratic citizenship. Education plays an extremely important role to prevent and eliminate school violence. The European Democratic Citizenship Charter Council provides members with means to combat all forms of discrimination and violence, especially bullying and harassment. The charter was adopted by all members of the European Commission.

Violence at school is one of the most visible forms of violence against children. Violence at school takes a variety of forms from physical violence to psychological violence. It is usually expressed through bullying, intimidation, repression. Violence in schools creates anxiety and fear that infringes on the right to learn in a safe and dangerous environment, impairing the general atmosphere of the school. Schools can not fulfill the role of learning and socialization if the children are not in an environment free of violence.

Most learners have a clear understanding of the form of school violence that is widespread at school. The explanation of violence at their school is consistent with the explanation about violence at the school of Crawage (2005). In other words, school violence can be physical or emotional. According to the survey, the most common form of bullying is bullying, most school learners are confirming this. According to the survey, older boys are perpetrators of this type of school violence. The above results are consistent with the literature (Prinsloo, 2008; Smit, 2007)