Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to analyze at risk students due to school environment and violence. The study was descriptive in nature and survey method was applied for the collection of data. The population of the study was three thousand six hundred and one (3601) headmasters working in Govt. Boys Secondary Schools of Punjab; and nineteen thousand two hundred sixty five (19265) secondary school teachers working in Govt. Boys secondary schools of Punjab. The sample of study was consisted of 81 headmasters and 324 secondary school teachers. Two questionnaires was used, one for headmasters and second for secondary school teachers. Content validity of the questionnaire was ensured with the consultation of education experts and senior headmasters. Cronbach Alpha was used to find out the internal consistency and reliability of the research instrument through SPSS version 20. Mean and standard deviation was used for the analysis of data. It was found that the causes of home violence are blaming, coercion, unruliness and fights at home and Poor quality teaching, poor classroom environment, ineffective teaching method and poor assessment are causes of poor school environment. It is recommended that teachers’ consolation, counseling of parents, teachers' training and PTM are the remedies of domestic violence to tackle at-risk students. Favorable classroom environment, appropriate furniture, headmasters’ training, class regularity, monitoring of teachers, rules regulations, quality teaching, teachers’ training and suitable teaching method are the remedies of poor school environment to tackle at-risk students.

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