Student safety in primary schools: A sample of Büyükçekmece county

Although, there are codes and regulations which arrange student safety, it is still a serious problem for students in school environments. In order to find out the reasons of this problem, a two-dimension questionnaire was carried out in primary schools of Büyükçekmece County. In the questionnaire, the importance of student safety according to managers and teachers and, fulfillment degree of student safety in their schools are assessed. These opinions are evaluated separately as public schools, private schools, managers and teachers. For the evaluation of the results, central tendency measures and independent samples t-test are used. Independent from the school type, all managers agree that student safety is very important. On the other hand, fulfillment of the student safety is better accomplished in private schools than in public schools for managers (p < 0.05). The importance of student safety more important and fulfillment of the student safety is better for private school teachers than public school teachers (p < 0.05). According to these evaluations, in order to fulfill the student safety needs, necessary actions should be taken place especially in public schools, codes and regulations should be revised and the consciousness level of managers and teacher on student safety should be raised. Keywords: Safety, Student Safety, Primary School.