«Education»: the incident «Fujairah Bulldozer» old and applied the regulation

A video of a student beating a classmate at a school in Fujairah caused angry reactions from parents of students who blamed the Ministry of Education and the school for the incident and other cases of bullying among students, whether inside school walls, In school buses as they go to school or go home.

The video monitors on social media, which showed the absence of faculty members and school staff from the classroom that witnessed the bullying, demanding the ministry to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of students within the walls of schools.

The Ministry of Education, in response to a question by «Emirates Today», on this case, that the incident is old, and investigated the reasons, and applied to the students regulation of student behavior.

"The frequent incidents of bullying in schools make me worried about my daughter. She spends more than six hours inside the school with her peers, whose age varies, their behavior is different, and bullying is expected to occur," said Hanadi Abushmala, a student's mother. In the physical structure in which a victim », demanding that the school should emphasize the supervision of students, especially in grades, do not leave the classroom without a teacher for a long period of time.

The father of two students at a government school, Abdul Salam al-Awadhi, said that the advanced educational stages in schools are absent from the system of rotation between teachers to supervise students during breaks, and between classes, and therefore the number of cases of bullying among students during this period.

He added that "it is different in the kindergarten stage and the first cycle of basic education, as schools distribute supervision of teachers, and obligate them to rotate strictly", and called on the Ministry of Education to emphasize schools that violate the integrity of students.

While the student's mother, Taghreed Hanafi, confirmed that some cases of bullying can be dealt with, the regulations for treating misconduct in some students can not alone address many cases of bullying, asking the Ministry of Education to review the rules of conduct of student behavior, A way to change his behavior to the right, through his participation in the work of social human in which he feels his ability to give and the positive impact.

For her part, the mother of student, Sana Ibrahim said: «The series of student attacks and bullying continues, and the students did not deter any administrative or legal decisions, as social media users continue to circulate a video containing a group of students bullying on their colleague, when they beat and try to suffocate .

She denounced the audacity of the students and photographed the incident through their mobile phones that they accompany with them to schools without supervision from school administrations, despite the ministerial decisions that prevent phones, noting that the ease of attendance with students and their phone is the main reason for the spread of such behavior.

One of the students who witnessed the beatings between the students said that the accident is an old one, which was more than three months ago and occurred during the school day, noting that students in the ninth grade are "advanced" in a public school in the Emirate of Fujairah.

He pointed out that the students who assaulted their friend beaten, including a misunderstanding, and ended a while ago and reconciled, and returned to the water to the sewer, but they were surprised to call them, yesterday, after the exam by the school administration. The students usually bring their smart phones without the knowledge of the school's management, and hide them tightly, and they shoot such clips for the purpose of "laughter and joke." Another student reported that many similar incidents occur in the classrooms almost daily, as a result of a quarrel between the students, pointing out that this incident has been a long time, but the video was re-circulation coincided with a bullying incident in a school in the city of Kalba, A new reality.

He pointed out that all parties have understood and have been reconciled among them, and returned friends like the former.

For its part, the Ministry of Education reported that the beatings among students in one of the schools, some of which were broadcast by video, are old, confirming that the incident has been investigated for its causes and taking the necessary legal action without clarifying the nature of the legal measures taken .

The ministry said in a statement, in response to press questions about the incident, that «what are circulating from the videos of cases of behavior is uncontrolled and rejected students insulting to their colleagues in the school, we confirm that it is old and fall within the list of behavioral irregularities that are charged by the list of behavior of learners, Investigate their causes and take deterrent measures against the wrongdoers. " A video of a student hitting his colleague's face several times in a classroom in a school in Fujairah was shown by the social networking leaders. The video did not show a teacher or supervisor in class to prevent the bullying from the student against his colleague.

The Code of Student Behavior considered the physical assault that led to the injury of colleagues and school personnel in the fourth grade violations, which also included the acquisition, possession and use of firearms, white weapons or the like in school, as well as sexual abuse inside the school, Causing fire in the school campus, impersonating others in school transactions, or forging school documents.

As well as abuse of political, religious and social symbols in the State, possession, acquisition, promotion or use of narcotic drugs, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances within the school, anesthesia, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and the dissemination or propagation of extremist, Political and social, and all that is similar to these violations, according to the assessment of the conduct management committee.

sanctions

The Code of Conduct for Student Behavior sets forth a number of penalties for class IV violations, which begin with an immediate summoning of the student's guardian who commits any of these offenses, taking immediate action on the irregularities, using the concerned authorities, The student and his / her guardian shall be held responsible for any damages resulting from the irregularities, and the transfer of the student to the rehabilitation program approved by a decision of the Undersecretary of the Ministry for Academic Affairs in the specialized institutions, In schools, full deprivation of school attendance, transition to continuing education and home, complete suspension from school if all means of treatment are exhausted, and be turned into a specialized committee for behavioral modification and treatment, and final dismissal if all means of treatment are exhausted.