Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education "0.1%P Lower Than National Damage Response Rate"

Announcement of the 2024 First School Violence Survey Results... Over 894,000 Participants
Victim Response Rate 2.0%... Types of Victimization Include Verbal Abuse, Group Bullying, and Physical Violence
Gyeonggi-type Reconciliation Mediation and Customized Programs Support Educational Resolution of School Violence

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education building.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Tae-hee) announced the results of the "2024 1st School Violence Survey (Full Survey)" on the 26th.

This survey was conducted online from April 15 to May 14. Out of approximately 1,126,000 students from 4th grade elementary to 3rd grade high school, about 894,000 participated, showing a participation rate of 79.4%.

The survey results showed a victim response rate of 2.0%, which is 0.1 percentage points lower than the national victim response rate of 2.1%.

The victim response rate has increased since the transition to face-to-face classes after COVID-19, rising from 0.9% in 2021, 1.5% in 2022, 1.9% in 2023, to 2.0% in 2024; however, the rate of increase has been decreasing each year.

By school level, the victim response rate for elementary schools was 3.9%, the same as last year, while middle schools and high schools showed increases of 0.3 percentage points and 0.1 percentage points from last year, at 1.6% and 0.5%, respectively.

The types of school violence experienced were reported in the following order: ▲verbal violence (39.3%) ▲group bullying (15.6%) ▲physical violence (15.4%) ▲cyber violence (7.6%) ▲sexual violence (5.8%) ▲coercion (5.5%) ▲extortion (5.3%).

The locations where school violence occurred were 69.1% inside the school and 30.9% outside the school. Inside the school, incidents mainly took place in classrooms, hallways, playgrounds, and gymnasiums, while outside the school, they occurred in playgrounds or parks, cyberspace, and private academies or their surroundings, in that order.

The perpetrator response rate was 0.9%, with elementary schools at 1.9%, middle schools at 0.7%, and high schools at 0.1%.

The reasons for perpetration were ▲pranks or no particular reason (32.1%) ▲the other party bullied me first (26.3%) ▲misunderstandings and conflicts (13.4%), in that order.

Positive actions taken after witnessing incidents were 68.2%, the same as last year, with the following actions reported: ▲comforting and helping the victimized student (34.0%) ▲informing others or reporting (17.8%) ▲stopping the perpetrator (16.4%).

The Office of Education is developing and distributing student-friendly and effective school violence prevention programs and providing the Gyeonggi-type case handling manual for appropriate and efficient management of school violence cases.

Additionally, through the responsible school culture regulations and the solid operation of the Gyeonggi-type relationship recovery program, they are promoting educational solutions to school violence.

Lee Ji-myeong, Director of the Life and Character Education Division at the Office of Education, stated, “With home-linked character education, operation of reconciliation mediation teams, and effective preventive education practices, the school violence victim response rate is lower than the national average and the rate of increase is decreasing annually. Based on these results, we will further strengthen school violence prevention education and provide thorough protection and support for victimized students.”

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