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The main focus of the study was to examine the classroom management approaches used by the teachers of elementary school level for controlling students’ behaviour. Eighteen schools from Islamabad were selected and three teachers from each school were interviewed through convenient sampling technique due to short span of time. Data collected through interview protocol was analysed through thematic analysis. The results indicated that teachers mostly used traditional approaches for managing classroom activities and behaviours of the students like punishment and reward system, lectures and direct instructions, seatwork, teacher-centered, listening and observations. So it was recommended that teachers may use eclectic approach by combining traditional with innovative approaches for maintaining classroom behaviours