[Safety in Public Schools: the case of Saudi Arabia]

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Acknowledgement

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

Introductioni

Purposei

Aimsii

Research Questionsii

Research Significance and Contribution to Knowledgeii

Review of Related Literature and Research / Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworkiii

Safety in Public Schoolsvi

Methodological designix

PARTICIPANTSIX

METHODSIX

Data collection tools / instrumentsx

Data analysis and interpretationx

Ethical Considerationsxx

Time Frame and Budgetxxi

BIBLIOGRAPHYXXIII

Introduction

The security and safety of any establishment, whether economic, educational, sporting or industrial gives a spiritual momentum for the further production and creativity to those who work within this establishment. Therefore, the availability of security and safety is one of the motivations of creativity and production as this generates comfort and which in turn enables a worker, an employee or a student to become competent and creative. When we talk about an educational establishment, we mean the students themselves. They are the future men and the leaders. This pushes us forward to find all means of comfort to them so that they could master all the knowledge provided to them within this establishment, and the first of which is the security of such educational establishment and establishing the safety of this educational establishment.

Purpose

The purpose of this research is to highlight the issues that are faced regarding the safety and security in public schools mainly in Saudi Arabia and discuss the relevant cases regarding it.

Aims

I think that scientific progress and education is not only confined to changing curriculum and teachers, but also includes the development of culture in several things, mainly the security and safety of educational establishment and this is one of my goals in this research.

Research Questions

The research would answer the following questions:

What are the salient points of the security and safety of educational establishment?

What are the causes behind the incidents of security that took place in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

What would help in the development of security and safety of educational establishment and protection of the students?

Research Significance and Contribution to Knowledge

This research will serve as an information provider for the students who are currently studying at public schools in Saudi Arabia as well as the teachers would get to know the reasons behind the incidents that took place in Saudi Arabia which will make them stay cautious about any future happenings of such incidents and will also provide them an understanding of various perspectives of safety in public schools.

Review of Related Literature and Research / Theoretical and Conceptual Framework

The concept of security and safety and its relationship with public schools

The term security and safety is a general term can be defined as a “science concerned with the safety and security of human health, and with ...