Rakesh Kumar
17 April, 2021, 12:00 am
Everyone has a role in the
prevention of bullying in schools and most people have directly or indirectly participated in, witnessed, or experienced some form of bullying in schools. Picture: JOVESA NAISUA/File
FIJI is reporting increased cases of bullying because parents are not spending quality time with their children.
This, according to Fiji Teachers Union general secretary Agni Deo Singh.
He said bullying was an ongoing issue and a huge challenge for all stakeholders including parents, teachers, heads of schools and the Education Ministry.
Mr Singh made the comment in the wake of revelations by Education Minister Rosy Akbar that some students did not want to attend school because of bullying.
ANISH CHAND
13 April, 2021, 7:08 pm
Minister for Education Rosy Akbar (left) with Ministry of Education senior education officer Ra, Maika Moroca at
Nanukuloa Village in Ra. Picture: ANISH CHAND
Fiji’s Education Minister Rosy Akbar has questioned the ethics, morals and values being taught to children after the bloody and violent brawl in Nabua, Suva recently.
“What are we teaching our children?” she said at a heads of schools symposium in Rakiraki on Saturday.
“Aren’t we good role models?
“It’s very disturbing the brawl that happened in Nabua in the Easter weekend.
“What are we teaching our children?
“When we have elders openly fighting on the streets, what are we telling our children?”
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You better watch out if you are a bully – Akbar
You better watch out if you are a bully – Akbar
‘If you are a bully, you better watch out’.
That was the message by Education Minister Rosy Akbar while speaking at Marist Brothers High School during the launch of the VIA - Road Safety Education Program.
Akbar says the ministry is treating bullying, drug abuse and truancy cases very seriously.
She further says the Heads of Schools are mandated to report any cases of bullying within 24 hours.
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Akbar says they do provide chances to students but if the Head of School tells them that a child is not changing in behavior, then they will definitely expel them from the school.
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