Scholastic violence: a view at the the state educational institution of San Juan de Lurigancho

Abstract

School violence is an extract of social violence. It is impossible to describe school violence without referring to the social context, without establishing the causes in the family and the community. These are diverse, such as a dysfunctional home, the absence of parents, the lack of control of parents in the home, the authoritarianism of one of the parents. This complex problem requires an acute study in order to understand it and seek possible solutions. The objective was to describe the perception or experience of school violence that prevails in the classroom and prevents a welcoming environment for everyone: students, teachers, administrators and parents. Materials and methods. The instrument used was the questionnaire on school violence in adolescents (CUVE-R). A descriptive design was used. The sample consisted of 338 male and female students ranging in age from 12 to 17 years old from a state educational institution in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru. The results obtained showed that 70.1% of the students perceive the level of "rarely" of school violence; followed by the level "sometimes" with 19.8%; 7.1% of adolescents present a level of "never" of school violence; and finally, 3% of "always". It is concluded that in the group studied there is no significant school violence since most of them are in "few times".