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More than 1300 bullying cases this academic year in Catalonia

This month has been officially published the number of bullying cases in Catalonia since September, when the academic year starts. I have been reading the news about it, and the main thing, apart from the huge number of cases, is the new system that made possible to collect this data. According to the newspaper “Ara”, the Catalan educational system has put into operation the “REVA” (record of violence against students) since last September. This tool is a shared record where all schools and high schools must notify and explain every bullying case they had. It has already registered 1333 cases in Catalan schools, where there are about 1600000 students.


The media analyses the situation from different point of views. Some argue that the number is increasing because this new tool makes easier to count the cases, but there are more or less the same as always, others think that it happens because the tolerance for violence is lower, and some experts emphasize the importance of the bullies’ family environment, which is one of the main reasons why they act like that in school replicating what they see and not knowing how to deal with their emotions. Some also criticise schools that usually minimize the severity of the cases and only act when things have gone too far. In general, they agree that the REVA helps to detect cases, make them more visible and analyse statistics about them, but it really doesn’t help to solution them. That is why there should be more programs and protocols to deal with bullying when it happens, but the most important thing should be focusing on prevention to avoid the start of these situations.


Here I leave some media news about it:


https://www.ara.cat/societat/educacio/nova-eina-deteccio-bullying-registra-1-300-casos-des-d-inici-curs_1_5365672.html

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