Kithuka, Elizabeth Mukai2024-10-282024-10-282024-07Kithuka, E. M. (2024). Forms of Bullying Prevalent in Public Secondary Schools: A Case of Selected Schools in Machakos County, Kenya. International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI)2321-2705https://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5578Journal ArticleBullying in schools is a global problem that has short- and long-term negative health consequences on boththe bullies and victims. A report by the National Center for Educational Statistics (2019) shows that one outof every five (20.2%) students report being bullied. This has long term physical, psychological and academic negative impact among students. The researcher sought to assess the prevalence of forms ofbullying in public secondary schools in Machakos sub county, Machakos County. The researcher employeddescriptive research design. Purposive sampling and simple random sampling were used to select 280 respondents. The study used both open and closed ended questionnaires to collect data. Data was analyzedusing SPSS version 23.0. The study used both descriptive and inferential statistics to describe quantitativedata which were then analyzed, interpreted, and presented in form of tables and figures. The study established that about 71.5% of students participated in bullying and among the different forms of bullyingverbal (38.9%) was leading followed by psychological (21.7%), sexual physical (15.3%) and cyber bullying(11.2%). The study revealed that boys suffered more physical and cyber bullying while girls suffered moreof sexual and verbal bullying activities. The study concluded that four forms of bullying are prevalent inMachakos County and that there is need to seek solutions in order to curb it downenBullyingPrevalenceBully VictimBullyBully bystandercyber bullyingforms.Article