Gyeongnam Office of Education Announces 2021 School Violence Survey Results

The types of harm are verbal abuse > group bullying > physical violence > cyberbullying in order

Gyeongnam Office of Education Building Exterior

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education announced the results of the "2021 School Violence Survey," jointly conducted by city and provincial offices of education nationwide, on the 6th.

This survey was commissioned by the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education to the Korea Educational Development Institute and conducted online, with a total of 1,000 schools from 4th grade elementary to 3rd grade high school participating, involving 253,489 students (participation rate 91.0%).

By type of victimization, among the total 2,779 respondents who experienced victimization, verbal abuse accounted for 42.2%, group bullying 14.1%, physical assault 12.4%, cyber violence 8.8%, stalking 6.7%, extortion 6.0%, coercion 5.4%, and sexual violence 4.3%, in that order.

Regarding the places where victimization occurred, the order was inside the classroom (25.1%), hallways (15.2%), playgrounds/parks (10.7%), schoolyards (8.7%), and cyberspace (7.5%).

The times when victimization was experienced were during break time (29.1%), after school (18.1%), lunch time (14.1%), and dismissal time (12.8%), in that order.

After experiencing school violence, the targets to whom victims reported or notified were family (37.2%), school teachers (31.5%), and friends or seniors/juniors (14.7%), in that order.

As for responses to school violence incidents, most answered that they would inform those around them (75.1%) or request or offer help (24.9%), indicating a proactive willingness to provide assistance.

The Gyeongnam Office of Education plans to utilize the detailed analysis of this school violence survey to strengthen autonomous prevention activities at individual schools.

In particular, reflecting the characteristics of school violence that emerged during the COVID-19 situation, they plan to continuously carry out various activities such as strengthening ongoing school violence prevention programs, enhancing cyber violence prevention education, and providing cyber violence prevention training for teachers.

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