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School Violence - What are the real causes

of violence and bullying in Schools?
BY: DR. T.K. JAIN
AFTERSCHO☺OL
Schools are the places

where the students
should learn humility,
respect, support and
collaboration. The
modern schools fail to
teach all these. The
first thing the student learns in schools is
how to fight with others. Schools also give
less emphasis on behavioral training of the
students. Parents also feel that their
children should be able to adjust and should
be able to beat other students as per the
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situation. Ultimately, it is the responsibility

of the schools to build a truly academic
environment. Most schools give over-
emphasis on those studies, which can give
them good results. Behavioral issues are
ignored. The students, who are able to
score higher, are given special attention.
The students who are not able to score well
are asked to leave the schools.
Thus we are not able to have schools that
focus on development of their students.
Schools just focus on numbers and results
and so is the case with parents.
In earlier times, due to joint family, religious

practices and our ethos, the students
learned sacrifice, and humility. Today these
things have virtually disappeared (at least in


Metros). The result is that we have very

high Ego, very high ambition, very high
competitiveness and lack of patience. All
these ultimately cause the birth of a new
society – where people are ready to fight
for small matters.
In earlier times, if you get struck to some

another person, the immediate reaction
would be: asking: “did you get hurt” – but
today, try it – get collided with any person,
the immediate reaction will be – the other
person will pick your shirt and start fighting
with you.
Our changing society, our changing

ideology, our ethos, our culture and our
environment – all these are collectively
shaping our future. Movies, cartoon movies,

TV serials all are giving some messages.

Spirituality has disappeared. Even monks
are today business persons. Spirituality is
also sold out – a person who is rich is
admitted in a spiritual organization and a
poor person has no entry. With such money
minded society, how can you expect a
society based on love, compassion, and
brotherhood? Westernization is becoming
widespread. Core Indian values are loosing
grounds. Those people, who promote
spirituality, find it difficult to sustain. Those,
who use pomp and show, get publicized
and get rewarded and are able to grow.
Schools are just one part of our society. If

an ideal school comes up, it will fail,
because our society is also changing.
Society will not support such schools. No

school can sustain without social support.

Truly, we need another revolution – at the
level of ideas – so that we can again re-
instate spirituality, values and compassion
in the society.


We organized a group
discussion on this
issue. The views of
the participants are
presented for your
reference. : -
P: now days school violence is a big problem

in the whole world. We have seen that
students in schools do every kind of wrong
things. The students can’t cope up with the
stress of education. There are high
expectations from parents, peers and


everyone and they are not able to behave

maturely. They become aggressive and they
are not able to control their emotions.
P2: children are affected by the

surroundings. The family surrounding and
the school surrounding both affect the
students. There is prevalence of nuclear
families. The children don’t get any
company or companion at their homes.
Parents don’t have time for children. There
are also changes in the customs and rituals.
When these children find isolation and are
not able to adjust, there is a possibility that
they resort to violence. Advancement of
technologies has also facilitated these
things. Children are engaged in movies,
video games, and cartoon movies. They try
to imitate the heroes of the movies. They

imitate the heroes of the action movies.

Today’s children have got access to high
technology toys, equipments etc. They get
inclined to do wrong things. Parents should
provide company to the children. Parents
should mould the children for a better life.
P: we need social environment for our

development. Children don’t get social
environment. In school, every child wants
to compete with other students. Thus there
is no collaboration. The students don’t get
supporting environment. The children feel
inferior, depressed and frustrated. Private
schools also put pressure on them to see
good results. Change in location or similar
reasons further cause stress on the child.
The students are not able to have friendly
environment in their school or homes. They

become aggressive and they are not able to

learn how to handle their emotions.
Students are like blank pages – the
surroundings write on his / her mind.
R: School violence is a major problem in

every country. Today every student is
involved in watching action movies, videos
and such stuff. The school also has
environment where seniors try to torture
junior students and there is lack of
conducive environment. There is a kind of
hierarchical environment. Thus we are not
able to give right environment to the
students
P: this is a country where Gandhi, Mahavir,

Goutam were born. These people preached
non-violence and morals. Older people

today don’t follow morals and ethics.

Decreasing morality and ethics is the major
reason for decrease in moral standards in
students. In ancient times, we used to
emphasize on peace, love brotherhood, but
today we emphasize on glamour, show and
pomp and show. All these will ultimately
lead to violence among children. There
must be provision for counseling by a
psychiatrist at school level. The student is
not able to cope with the pressure. We
continue to pressurize the student and the
student must be given counseling. We have
to identity the mental level of the student
and help the student and guide his parents.
P2: the syllabus and material must be

concise. The syllabus must include morals,
ethics, and ideals. There must be provision

of moral education. There must be

workshops, games, quizzes and similar
activities. The teachers must of high moral
and ethical standards. The teachers must
follow highest level of moral and ethical
standards in their life.
P: besides education, we must also conduct

extra – curricular activities like group song,
group activities, group based games etc. the
purpose should be to reduce tension,
reduce stress and increase collaboration
among students.
P2: Parents and teachers have a major role

to play in the life of the children. Parents
should not have over expectations about
the children. The children get frustration
when they are not able to achieve the

expectations of their parents. Parents must

always promote and support their children.
Parents must understand that early failures
could cause problems. The parents must
pay attention to the development of
children.
P: teacher can’t interact with each student.

The class size is generally very big. It is the
moral duty of the teachers that they should
give work to the students and take them to
outings. They should try to give basic
values. Parents should be friendly with the
children. Children would be able to share
their problems with the parents if there is
an open environment and thus the students
will be able to vent out their feelings.


R: environment is very important. If the

family members are fighting, the student
will also get demoralized and will get
derailed. The student will not be able to
develop if there is lack of coordination at
the home of the student. If the student is
poor, the student might think that there is
no support for that student.
P2: dominating nature of people is also

responsible for increasing the violence
among the students. Our education system
is such that we emphasize on bulky study
material. We should have grading system.
We should not fail any child. If a child fails
in early classes, it would not be able to
develop. The teachers focus on marks of the
students and identify who is brilliant on the
basis of marks. Every child is not similar.

Some children like arts, paintings etc. but

these are not reflected in their mark sheets.
Lack of emphasis on these puts the creative
children in the back foot, who are not able
to score well in terms of numbers.
P: individual marking system must be in

colleges. We should have only grading
system. In grading system the students are
not compared in terms of numbers. Most of
the students come in one or two grade.
There is less possibility of competition, and
inferiority complex.
P2: adventure events, arts, sports, and

social activities must be given equal
weightage. A student can make a great
career in these sectors also. Parents should
also understand it that numbers in a subject

is not the reflection of the capabilities of

the student.
P: we have to look at the inner qualities of

the student. We have to find out the
particular qualities in a student. We have to
nurture and support those qualities. The
student can also perform very well in that
sector. Now we are putting pressure on the
student – whether the child likes it or not.
We are not focusing on quality. Education
N is primary requirements, but after
education, we have to build careers of the
children. There are limited numbers of
students who wish to become musicians or
painters or writers or sports person. After
wasting long years, the student realizes that
he is better in certain field.


P2: increasing family violence is also

responsible for school violence. If parents
are fighting with each other – there would
be negative environment. The impact on
the delicate mind of the child will be
negative. Family violence is increasing day
by day. Students suffer from these. The
students want to live in their home, but
now they want to escape from their home.
The students look for a chance to escape
from their homes
P: schools and colleges are becoming

professionals. They just focus on their
benefits. They just want to force their
curriculum on the children. If the school has
good science education, they just prepare
the students for that field. Similarly if they
have commerce stream, they criticize

science education. School management also

influences the parents and asks them to
send their children to certain stream. It is
not appropriate. This will cause moral and
emotional depression among the students.
P2: cut throat competition among the

students is also responsible for all these.
The level of competition is increasing. The
student gets depressed and gets trapped in
violent activities.
R: our education system is based on

donation system. A student who has no
marks gets admission and a student who
has good marks, but no donation, fails to
take admission. The student also thinks in
terms of money. These things create
problems further.

P: children from higher / upper class suffer

from these. The students think that their
parents will pay for their admission. They
don’t have motivation to study. They talk
with their friends only about the power of
their parents. Over supporting parents
cause loss among the students.
P: there must be a provision for students of

a particular profession. In that case the
students will find that there are tendencies
among parents to send their children to so
called upper class based schools. This is not
a good practice. Quality must be in the
student. It doesn’t matter where a student
gets education. If the parents want to do
something good for the students, they
should send the students in such school

where they can find similar environment.

Student should not suffer from inferiority
complex when they go to a school of higher
status.


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School Violence - What are the real causes

Schools are the places

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situation. Ultimately, it is the responsibility

In earlier times, due to joint family, religious

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Metros). The result is that we have very

In earlier times, if you get struck to some

Our changing society, our changing

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TV serials all are giving some messages.

Schools are just one part of our society. If

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school can sustain without social support.

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P: now days school violence is a big problem

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everyone and they are not able to behave

P2: children are affected by the

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imitate the heroes of the action movies.

P: we need social environment for our

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become aggressive and they are not able to

R: School violence is a major problem in

P: this is a country where Gandhi, Mahavir,

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today don’t follow morals and ethics.

P2: the syllabus and material must be

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of moral education. There must be

P: besides education, we must also conduct

P2: Parents and teachers have a major role

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expectations of their parents. Parents must

P: teacher can’t interact with each student.

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R: environment is very important. If the

P2: dominating nature of people is also

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Some children like arts, paintings etc. but

P: individual marking system must be in

P2: adventure events, arts, sports, and

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is not the reflection of the capabilities of

P: we have to look at the inner qualities of

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P2: increasing family violence is also

P: schools and colleges are becoming

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science education. School management also

P2: cut throat competition among the

R: our education system is based on

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P: children from higher / upper class suffer