A third of students’ families are affected by school bullying and cyberbullying, the Odoxa for Asmae survey revealed this Thursday. This shows the “massive nature” of the phenomenon, the Minister of Education’s reaction to ICI Normandie.
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Bullying in schools has a “big character” which is necessary “break the vicious circle”emphasized Minister of National Education Édouard Geffray at ICI Normandie (formerly France Bleu). The Minister was in Normandy on Thursday 6 November on the occasion of national anti-harassment day.
In fact, this region is the most affected region in France with Grand Est: one in five students has been harassed at school in Normandy, according to the Ifop survey of 3,000 students in France, recalls ICI Normandie. At the national level, a third of the families of students aged 6 to 15 are affected by school bullying and cyberbullying according to the Odoxa survey for the Asmae Association Sœur Emmanuelle, which was consulted exclusively by franceinfo.
“As long as there is one student who is harassed, there will still be students who suffer”
Édouard Geffray, Minister of National EducationHERE Normandy
These figures show, “the grand nature of this phenomenon” reaction of the Minister of Education. “In reality, behind the numbers, there are many human stories as well as students returning home, injured, impacted, sometimes more severely, with all the sometimes dramatic consequences that we know of.” he continued. “We are here to educate students, but also to protect them”recalls Édouard Geffray.
He recognized that abuse could occur “vicious circle“.”Sometimes, the victim, in the logic of revenge against life, can in turn become an abuser and end up making others pay the price for their own suffering. he analyzed.
“The point is to break the silence to break the cycle of violence”. He called “every young person who is a victim or witness to abuse, every parent who learns from their child that they are a victim of abuse or that a friend is a victim of abuse, will intervene. This is a pretty big collective problem”. National Education has implemented a system “in 100% of schools and companies”recalled the minister.
It is based on “100% prevention, 100% detection, 100% action”. The ministry’s desire is to train 100% of students to detect facts. “We have 115,000 ambassadors, which are students on the playground who are in contact with their classmates”Is that true “potential harassers to deter them or victimize them so they can cooperate”explains Édouard Geffray.
Adults are also trained. “In all institutions and in all districts, that is, groups of schools, there are currently at least five adults who are trained to recognize weak signals, small changes in behavior that in fact indicate the presence of real discomfort”.
If the student does not dare to discuss it with an adult, he can call the toll-free number 3018 which is open 7 days a week until 23.00. “The goal is to achieve 100% reaction, no action goes unpunished. Obviously, you are harassed, you are protected, you are a harasser, you are punished”said the minister.
