IKLIM BILIK DARJAH DAN HUBUNGAN ETNIK DALAM KALANGAN MURID

The study examines the effectiveness of classroom climate in the formation of friendship across ethnic among pupils. Sample of the study consist of thousand pupils from secondary schools in Perak and Kedah. A structured interview in the form of questionnaire was conducted to obtain information from the pupils studied. The findings show that classroom’s climate provides an effective space towards the formation of friendship across ethnic among pupils. However, the chances and the choices available for the pupils to form their friendship across ethnic in classroom was not benefited fully by the pupils. Thus, the social distance in the formation of friendship across ethnic in classroom environment continues to exist.