The study attempted to investigate the prevalence of violence against children in second cyclernelementary school students in Gulele sub city, Addis Ababa. The participants of the study werernstudents, teachers and school directors of the target schools. A total of 3 69 students (170 malesrnand 199 females), and 108 teachers and directors (59 males and 49 females) were included in thernstudy. Among these, 314 students and 108 teachers and directors have responded.rnQuestionnaires were used to gather information about the prevalence of violence, methods usedrnto violate the rights of students, information on the perpetrators and the methods of preventing it.rnFor analysis purpose, the descriptive statistics (percentage and mean value) were employed.rnBased on the findings of the study, the prevalence rate of violence in students view was asrnfollows: physical 36.1 %, discrimination 17.5%, emotional 25.2%, neglect 37.9% and Sexualrn8.7 %. It has also indicated that alternative non-physical approaches like advising students,rnexplaining the reason why some thing was wrong, providing them verbal reward and advisingrnthem acceptable behaviors were the four most highly implemented so as to keep school disciplinernto the extent of 61.2%' For the implementation of these alternatives non- physical measures inrnkeeping school discipline, credit was given to teachers.rnThe proposed methods of lessening the problem by the respondents were advocacy andrnawareness creation, involving children in all issues that concern them, reporting violence cases,rnapplication of non-physical measures, and revealing perpetrators to law enforcing bodies.