School Safety:

Perspectives of Grade School and High School Students

of a Private Catholic School in Pasay

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INTRODUCTION

• School safety affects school climate. • There are growing concerns to

ensure student safety –because of increasing violence in

school –School’s mission is to enhance

the school environment conducive to learning and growth

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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:

• This study is aimed at assessing the school safety for prevention of violence. Specifically, it sought to answer the following problems:

1. To what extent do students feel safe? – In school?– On the way to and from school?– In their neighborhood?

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2. To what extent do students experience bullying in school:

– Physically bullied by other students?– Verbally bullied by other students?– Socially bullied by other students?– Electronically bullied by other

students?

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:

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3.To what extent do the students witnessed bullying of their school mates inside the school?

4.What places inside the school do students consider as most at risk for bullying?

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5.What actions do students undertake whenever:–they experience bullying in the

school?–they witness bullying in the

school?

6.To what extent do teachers assist the bullied as perceived by the students?

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METHODOLOGY

• Descriptive Survey• Random Sampling• Statistical Methods

(Frequency Distribution, Mean Percentage Weighted Mean)

• Respondents

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INSTRUMENT USED

• Survey adopted from www.reportbullying.com/parenting-bullying-survey.htm. It is a student self-report questionnaire created to measure general school campus climate and personal safety-related experiences

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK School Climate

School Safety

School Rules Support Students’ Social Desirability and

Skills

Safe Environment

Students’ Perception

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RESULTS & FINDINGSResearch Problem #1:

To what extent do students feel safe?

Location

YES NO SOMETIMES NOT SURE

Freq Total Freq Total Freq Total Freq Total

Safe at school 65 (64%) 2 (1%) 28 (28%) 4 (4%)

Safe on the way to & from 49 (49%) 9 (9%) 33 (33%) 8 (8%)

Safe in neighborhood 65 (64%) 2 (1%) 24 (24%) 4 (4%)

Table 1 Students’ Perception of School Safety

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Analysis

• Majority of the students (64%) feel that they are safe in school and in their neighborhood.

• Nearly 60% of the students feel safe across all areas: in school, on the way to school and in their neighborhood.

• Only one percent of the participants categorically denied that the inside campus is safe for them.

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RESULTS & FINDINGSResearch Problem # 2

2. To what extent do students experience bullying in school:

• Physically bullied by other students?

• Verbally bullied by other students?• Socially bullied by other students?• Electronically bullied by other

students?

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Table 2 Kinds of Bullying Experienced by the

students & Its Frequency of Occurrence

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Never Once Everywk Often Don’t Knw0

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20

30

40

50

60

41 42

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14

23

45

14 14

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52

24

11 11

6

55

28

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Frequency of Occurence Of Bullying

Physically

Verbally

Socially

Electronically

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Analysis

• More than half of the respondents have NEVER been bullied socially, electronically

• Physical and verbal bullying are the most common types of bullying experienced by students but only ONCE

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• To what extent do the students

witnessed bullying of their

school mates inside the

school?

RESULTS & FINDINGSResearch Problem # 3

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Table 3 Percentage of Students who have seen or witnessed

Bullying

GS HS AVERAGE

Have not seen 9 = 19% 4 = 8% 13 = 13%Have seen 38 = 80% 46 = 90 84 = 86%

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Analysis

• Majority of both GS and HS students have already witnessed /seen bullying (86%) and only 13% have not yet catched a glimpse of it

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• What places do students

consider as most at risk for

bullying?

RESULTS & FINDINGSResearch Problem # 4

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Table 4. Identified School Places where there is at risk of bullying

GSHS Overall Weighted

Mean Interpretation

Areas off school property ,but close

3.27 3.45 3.36 Once

School Entrance /Exits 3.78 3.80 3.79 Once

Between classes 3.38 3.19 3.28 Once

During Class Hours 3.21 3.58 3.39 Once

Hallways 3.68 3.27 3.48 Once

Library 3.56 3.78 3.67 Once

Computer Rooms 3.79 3.74 3.76 Once

Gymnasium 2.5 3.52 3.01 Once

Comfort Rooms 2.86 3.52 3.19 Once

Canteen/Eating Area 2.80 3.58 3.19 Once

School Service 3.79 3.49 3.64 Once

During Extra Curricular Act. 3.58 3.50 3.54 Once

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• What actions do students undertake whenever:

– they experience bullying in the school?

– they witness bullying in the school?

RESULTS & FINDINGSResearch Problem # 5

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Table 5a

Actions that Students Undertake

GS HS AVERAGE

Ignore20= 53% 19 = 41% 39 = 40%

Stood up and done something good

104 = 273% 124 = 269% 228 = 232%

Joined bullying 1 = 26% 9=20% 10 = 10%

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Table 5b Percentage of Students’ Reasons who did not do

anything the time they witnessed Bullying

HS (n=9)

GS (n=1

9)

AVERAGE (n=28)

Ranking

Didn’t want to get involved 4 = 44% 14= 74% 18 = 64%

1st

I was afraid 2 = 22% 2 = 11% 4 = 14%3rd

I didn’t know

I thought if I told someone, they wouldn’t do anything about it 1=5% 1 = 4%

4th

It isn’t right

Bullying wasn’t so bad

Being bullied deserved it

It wasn’t my business 2 = 22% 3= 16% 5 = 18%2nd

Did not want to get into trouble

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• To what extent do teachers

assist the bullied as perceived

by the students?

RESULTS & FINDINGSResearch Problem # 6

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Table 6 Support of Teachers to

Students who experience bullying

Overall Weighted

Mean

Interpretation

Notice 2.89 Often

Try to Stop bullying 2.34 Often

Ignore 3.40 Sometimes

Talk openly 2.83 Often

Make excuses for those who bully 3.14 Sometimes

Support those who are bullied 2.37 Often

Listen to both sides of the story 2.75 Often

Bully students themselves 3.27 Sometimes

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Table 7. Frequency of Communication to Parents by the School Personnel towards

Bullying

GS HSOverallWeighted Mean

Interpretation

Bullied another student

3.26 3.03 3.14 Often

Were a victim of bullying

3.34 2.98 3.16 Often

Do school personnel contact parent if you..?

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Table 8Students’ Perception of School rules related to

conduct and Behavior are fairly Reinforced

GS HS Overall Weighted Mean Interpretation

2.72 2.90 2.81 Often

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CONCLUSIONS

1 . Students’ feelings of school climate

is positive. Results revealed that

there were 64% believe that they

are safe in school and in

neighborhood

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• “Physical and Verbal bullying” is commonly experienced by GS and HS students but only ONCE

• Generally students perceived low potential of school danger or at risk in any of the school areas

CONCLUSIONS

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• Seventy Eight percent (78%)of the respondents are willing to get involved (e.g. to report highly sensitive information like bullying) is the social desirability measure or the indicator of student’s possible behavior from a private Catholic school

CONCLUSIONS

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RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Continue to integrate social competence in the group guidance or homeroom activities in all levels

2. Ensure that every student feels connected to at least one responsible and caring adult as one of the most important steps that educators can take to promote safe schools.

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• For the administrators to further study how to transform school from a community of passive bystanders (who do nothing because they don’t want to get involve) to a community of “upstanders” who responds responsibly to problems.

RECOMMENDATIONS

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