While serious bullying that is life-threatening for children continues, a questionnaire survey of school and board of education staff responded that "if the response is difficult, the support of a neutral third-party organization is necessary." , It turned out that it was close to 90% of the total.

486 respondents from schools and boards of education

According to the survey, Mr. Shiho Morita, the representative of Saitama Prefecture's NPO, who is working on solving bullying, has been suffering from a series of cases in which victims are distrustful of the school's response. We extracted 100 meetings and conducted them, and received responses from 486 people in charge.



When asked multiple answers about the points that they find difficult in dealing with bullying,


▽ "cooperation with parents" was the most common answer at 54%,


▽ "judgment of whether or not bullying" was 48%, and


▽ "others". 16% of the respondents answered, "I can't take the time because I have work."



If the relationship with the parents is broken and the response is difficult,


▽ 425 people who answered that "a third party organization that intervenes from a neutral position and cooperates in the solution is necessary" is close to 90%. I went up.



Among the free descriptions, there are


voices such as


▽

"There is a limit to fact confirmation and investigation because each other's claims are different", and

▽ "The teachers are busy and it is difficult to ask for help, and the response is delayed because they hold it." It means that.



In addition, in the event of a "serious situation" such as suicide or school refusal due to bullying, the law stipulates that an investigation committee should be set up at the board of education or school to investigate. There were also answers that raised issues such as "I can't accept the committee members".



In response to the results, Mr. Morita said, "There are some malicious schools and boards of education, but there are many places where we are in trouble because we cannot actually respond even if we understand it. However, we responded appropriately. If you don't do it, your child will be hurt more than when you are bullied. First of all, if you do not create an environment where you can fulfill your responsibilities in accordance with the law, I think that it will not be possible to solve the bullying. "

Representative of NPO corporation "Environmental improvement from the perspective of children"

Mr. Shiho Morita, the representative of the NPO "Protect Children" who conducted this survey, responded to consultations such as bullying from children, parents, and school officials nationwide, and has led to a solution.



Since about 200 consultations are received a month, there are many cases where parents and schools are in conflict and the response is delayed, leaving children to protect while visiting the site directly. I have seen it.



For this reason, Mr. Morita not only criticized the response of the school and the board of education, but also thought that improvement measures based on the actual situation at the site were necessary, and conducted this survey.



The background to Mr. Morita's continued efforts to resolve bullying is that when his son, who was also a junior high school student six years ago, was bullied, he could not be fully faced by the school and the board of education. It is said that he has had experience.



The bullying was not resolved, and my son was absent from school for a year and a half and was cornered to the point of self-harm, so I felt that it was necessary to focus on saving the child first.



Mr. Morita said, "In order to save a child who is injured and suffering as soon as possible, it is necessary to calmly decide where the problem is and what should be solved as soon as possible. Every time I wake up, the school and the board of education are criticized, and after a while it is weathered and repeated, but the number of children who die by themselves and children who are seriously injured is increasing. There is also a problem with the busyness of the teacher's work, and there is a limit to the limited time and personnel. It is necessary to change the direction of the discussion from criticism to the perspective of the child and prepare a foundational environment. " I'm talking.

There is also an unusual movement that the mayor embarks on dealing with bullying

第三者によるいじめの対応をめぐっては、教育委員会に代わって自治体の長が対応に乗り出す、異例の動きも出ています。



教育行政は、政治的中立性や継続性を確保するため、自治体の長から独立した教育委員会が担っていますが、大阪府寝屋川市は、教育的なアプローチだけでは解決に限界があるとして、2019年、いじめを人権侵害と捉えて、市長部局が直接対応にあたる「監察課」を設置しました。



ケースワーカーの経験がある職員など9人の態勢で、いじめの情報があれば初期段階から子どもや保護者、教員に聞き取り調査を行って家庭訪問をしたり、謝罪の場を設けて立ち会ったりしているほか、教室にも状況の確認に訪れます。



毎月、市内の小中学生およそ1万6000人にいじめに関する情報を匿名でも書き込めるはがきを配布して通報を呼びかけているほか、学校が把握したいじめにも対応していて、昨年度は、確認したいじめ行為169件を1か月以内に停止させたとしています。



市の条例では、市長に加害側の子どもの別室指導や出席停止、それにクラス替えなどを学校や教育委員会に勧告できる権限を与えていて、すでにクラス替えなど5件の勧告を口頭で行ったということです。



また、監察課で直ちに解決できなかった場合には、被害者側が訴訟を起こす際の費用も一部補助するとしています。



寝屋川市の広瀬慶輔市長は「教育的なアプローチで99％は解決できているが、1％は解決に時間がかかる以上、学校や教育委員会だけでは限界があると考え、短期間で子どもたちを平穏な状態に戻すことに最も注力している」としたうえで、教育の政治的中立性については「教育の『内容』自体は学校や教育委員会が主体的に担うが、安心して学ぶための教育の『環境』については、われわれも一定の責任を負うもので、分けて考えている」としています。



On the other hand, regarding such a movement, last year in Gifu City, the mayor tried to revise the ordinance so that the mayor could recommend the board of education to give guidance to the offending child in a separate room or to suspend attendance. There is a risk of impairing sexuality, "and so on, and we have deleted it from the amendment.

Expert "Neutral third-party intervention society is also expected"

Associate Professor Ryo Uchida of Nagoya University Graduate School, who is conducting a fact-finding survey on how to deal with bullying, said, "The teacher culture of trying to solve school problems at school is very strong, but when bullying actually occurs, children and teachers According to the story, there is a fact that the facts are not confirmed. Even if you look at the busy working style, there is no doubt that external support is needed, and the intervention of a neutral third party with no interest is also from society. It is expected. "



On top of that, "It is a very unusual initiative for the mayor's department to enter the school directly. Ensuring political neutrality is a Japanese education system so that the political movements of the time do not affect the school site or educational administration. It is a big problem that the mayor originally enters because of the mechanism that has been protected by the school. We are at a crossroads. We need to discuss where the school can rely on and what the intervention of a third party should be. "