School Violence in Gyeonggi Area 'Occurs During Break Time Without Reason Inside the Classroom'

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education Northern Office

School violence in the Gyeonggi region was found to often occur inside classrooms during break times without any specific reason.

The Provincial Office of Education announced on the 15th the results of a school violence survey conducted from April 10 to May 10, targeting 882,000 students from 4th grade in elementary school to 3rd grade in high school.

The survey showed a victim response rate of 1.9%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points from last year's 1.5%. By school level, the victim response rate was highest in elementary schools at 3.9%, compared to 1.3% each in middle schools and special schools, and 0.4% in high schools.

The perpetrator response rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 0.9%, and the witness response rate also rose by 1.1 percentage points to 4.5%.

The most common type of victimization was verbal violence at 36.8%. This was followed by ▲physical violence 17.4%, ▲group bullying 15.3%, ▲coercion/forced errands 7.6%, and ▲cyber violence 7.4%. Sexual violence/harassment accounted for 5.1%, and extortion of money or goods was 4.9%.

Compared to last year, physical violence and coercion/forced errands increased, while verbal violence and cyber violence decreased. On-campus violence also increased by 10.2 percentage points.

The most common location of victimization was inside the classroom at 28.3%, followed by hallways at 17.7%, playgrounds/parks at 10.2%, and sports fields at 9.9%, mostly within school premises.

The main reason for perpetration was "prank or no special reason" at 36.0%, and 34.2% of witnesses responded that they "comfort and help the victim friend" after witnessing the incident.

The Provincial Office of Education plans to strengthen character education linked with families and an integrated school violence support system based on the results of this survey.

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