The Effects of Bullying on Senior High School Students in Ghana

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to examine the effects bullying has on the students in the senior high schools in Ghana. The descriptive research design was used for the study. A questionnaire was used to gather the data from a sample of 400 respondents selected through the snowball and purposive sampling system in four senior high schools in Ghana. The results of the data analysis showed that some students became dropouts, others developed low self-esteem, whereas others put up characters which could affect them in their future lives. The results revealed further that bullying had affected the academic performance of most of the students in the school who could have been bullied, have bullied or was a by-stander. Hence it was concluded that the Ghana Education Service and the schools should have a system or policy of stopping bullying in its entirety in the senior high school.