he suicide The incident of a Seville teenager at the end of October has once again put bullying at the center of citizens’ debate. The matter did not limit itself to raising tension in the educational community and forcing the competent authorities to intervene … Ordering a review of work protocols: It also created a social uproar focusing on monitoring and control mechanisms, and above all, preventing incidents of harassment of students – and teachers – in educational centers.
According to Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla During the year 2024, 75 reform files were initiated within the School Violence and Bullying Department, the vast majority of them in one governorate. Malagawhich totaled 62.
Head of the Andalusian Military Junta, Juanma Moreno, It was announced this week in Parliament Andalusia Organizing a conference onbullyingIn classrooms that enjoy the active participation of all actors involved. “We are talking about a social problem that worries us all,” Moreno said in the regional chamber.
Data that is processed by Regional government Alarming: 9.3 percent of Andalusian students between the ages of 11 and 18 reported that they had been abused at school, as shown in the “Diagnostics of Childhood and Adolescence in Andalusia” prepared by the Technical Office of the Third Plan for Childhood and Adolescence 2024-2027 (III PIA).
Cyberbullying
The document seen by this newspaper indicates that the percentage among boys reached 10.4 percent and 8.2 percent among girls. 1.8 percent stated that this happened several times a week, among boys, 2.3 percent, and girls, 1.2 percent.
Regarding the times they participated in an incident of mistreatment of another colleague in recent months, 10.4 percent reported that they had done so once or twice in recent months, among boys 12.4 percent and among girls 8.4 percent. In addition, 5.3 percent of Andalusian boys and girls have been victims of cyberbullying or “Cyberbullying“At least once.
80%
men
Children and adolescents are the protagonists of the vast majority of conflict situations in Andalusian schools.
It is striking that these types of situations are carried out at a much higher rate by them. Thus, the “Diagnosis of Childhood and Adolescence in Andalusia” indicates that 80% of bullying cases were caused by male students compared to 20% by girls and adolescents.
What do teachers think about these numbers? Union CSIFwho constitute the majority among teachers working in public schools, are convinced that they are negligent. Elena Garcia is the branch president education He asserts that “the problem is much bigger, as it affects a larger number of students and professors” than what is reflected in the statistics mentioned above.
“For example, according to our data, more than six out of ten teachers confirm that they have dealt with the latest harassment cases in recent years, and 85 percent call for reinforcements in staff, in the faculty, as well as in guidance staff within educational centers,” says Garcia.
For CSIF, the fact that conflict in classrooms “is increasing, it is not a purely school problem, it is a social problem, so its approach must be comprehensive and from the areas of education, family and health.”
“It is a growing phenomenon, and it is not a purely school problem, but a social problem.”
Elena Garcia
Head of CSIF Education
Elena Garcia explains that the union has been organizing training seminars for its members on bullying since 2018, given the dimension that the phenomenon has acquired. “Children are forming as adults in a society that does not have the best environment: there is a clear loss of values and tension is evident on social networks and television, where harsh criticism and insults abound, and it all ends up in the classroom.”
The teachers of the coordinating school agree with their colleagues from the pure and simple public centres. After the tragedy of Seville student Sandra Peña, Al-Ittihad FSIEIt called, which brings together the vast majority of these professionals, “to honor the professional and committed work of the teaching staff, administration, services and guidance of all supported and private centers in Andalusia”.
“We deplore the lack of capabilities in the field of guidance and psychological and emotional support in the centers.”
FSIE also deplores “the lack of resources in guidance and psychological and emotional support in the centers and we call on those… administration Al-Andalus Increasing and expanding guidance hours to include all educational levels and to be fair to all networks: We emphasize that bullying is a social problem that requires a comprehensive and coordinated response, not confrontation or simplistic discourses.
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