Bullying

“School grounds are becoming breeding grounds for violence”.




School ground violence in the form of bullying or harassment has been around as long as schools themselves have. In the past a blind eye was turned to bullying in the school grounds. But nowadays we are becoming more and more intolerant about it. Bullying is violence whether it is physical or psychological. The violence can take on many forms from non-verbal with threatening and obscene gestures, verbal with insults and name-calling and direct physical abuse like hitting, kicking or spitting and even as far as murder.


The forms of violence differ greatly between schools and are often a feedback of life outside school. Unfortuna...