Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer introduced on Wednesday the beginning of an expert improvement program for counselors and academics with a purpose to strengthen the scope of initiatives towards peer bullying in faculties.
As part of the “Family School Project,” the Turkish Ministry of Education (MEB) famous they’ll constantly assist college students, academics and households with a purpose to elevate consciousness towards peer bullying.
Minister Özer, who offered data concerning the “Integrated School Approach in Preventing Peer Bullying Workshop,” organized by the MEB in Ankara, identified that the visibility of peer bullying has elevated within the media not too long ago however this doesn’t imply that there’s “widespread peer bullying in schools.”
He mentioned that these incidents are remoted occasions that happen within the enormous instructional fraternity that encompasses 19.15 million college students and 1.2 million academics.
Elaborating that they’re finishing up versatile research to construct a secure faculty atmosphere, and try to construct mechanisms that may strengthen and assist the college system, Özer additionally famous that multi-dimensional research on preventive strategies are carried out by means of counselors. Thus, he famous that new consciousness and psycho-education applications together with “peer bullying,” “cyberbullying” and “psychological resilience” had been ready in any respect ranges in faculties for the 2022-2023 educational yr.
Özer additionally said that varied applications have been put collectively for preschool and first faculty college students to lift consciousness about peer bullying, and assist them develop coping expertise.
Through the Family School Project, which was initiated not only for faculty however for out-of-school environments as nicely, they reached 1,147,555 individuals, 841,267 of whom had been ladies, the minister mentioned. He confused that by means of this mission they’re engaged on strengthening the communication atmosphere and that they attain round 170,000 individuals in village life facilities inside 4 to 5 months.
Underlining that they present zero tolerance towards bullying in faculties, Özer mentioned that they won’t make the slightest concession to make instructional establishments secure for each kids and academics. He additionally said that they’ve accelerated efforts to popularize this tradition in faculties whereas they’ve additionally organized a workshop with a purpose to clarify peer bullying.
“The Holistic School Approach in Preventing Peer Bullying” workshop included participation by academicians, faculty directors from completely different ranges and sorts of training from completely different provinces, steering academics and psychological counselors. Özer mentioned that they mentioned many facets of the difficulty throughout the workshop, together with methods to stop peer bullying and the position of households and faculty for its prevention.
Role of household
Minister Özer, whose views had been additionally mirrored within the workshop report, mentioned academicians made a suggestion of finishing up peer bullying research with a holistic strategy. They urged to behave along with all faculty stakeholders resembling faculty directors, academics, dad and mom and auxiliary personnel within the formation of a wholesome faculty atmosphere, and to extend cooperation with related establishments and organizations.
“We will continuously support our students, teachers and families in order to raise awareness against peer bullying. We will increase our activities to strengthen families, which is one of the most important elements of the process, in order to carry out studies with a holistic approach on peer bullying. We will give more weight to our Family School Project activities that we have started,” he famous.
He additionally highlighted that the ultimate report of the workshop included a proposal to “determine the risks of peer bullying in schools and plan prevention and intervention studies,” and mentioned: “We are planning to nominate new academics as steering counselors in every faculty. Currently, round 40,000 steering academics and psychological counselors work in our faculties. In our workshop report, there’s a suggestion to start out a program with a purpose to improve the skilled competence of those academics in social emotional expertise. We have additionally began work on this regard.”
In addition, he added that the ministry can also be distributing its content material particular to preschool, main faculty, secondary faculty and highschool ranges, ready inside the scope of the “Psycho-education in Challenging Life Events Project.”
Stating that academicians reported a necessity for steering lesson hours in any respect ranges with a purpose to successfully implement developmental, preventive, remedial steering and psychological counseling providers in school ranges, Özer mentioned that they put this subject on their agenda and mentioned what may very well be performed.
Reiterating that peer bullying in excessive faculties is a disciplinary offense, Özer identified that discussions on an association that may be caused within the laws to stop bullying and violence in faculties are additionally ongoing.
“We will implement our new plans based on the workshop’s ultimate report, and announce it to the general public when all these points are clear. Our intention is to deliver our training system to a a lot more healthy level. We are working exhausting for this,” he concluded.
