[Archive] Students being bullied at school by schoolmates

Asked by : Hon WONG Sing-chi

Replied by : SEM

Question :

Regarding cases of students being bullied at school, will the Government inform this Council :

1. of the total number of cases reported last year involving students being bullied by schoolmates, together with a breakdown by the form of bullying (for example, acts of violence or verbal abuses, etc.);
   
   
2. whether it has assessed if such cases are prevalent; and whether it will consider conducting surveys and compiling statistics to ascertain the seriousness of the problem, as well as formulating measures to tackle it; and
   
   
3. whether it will consider providing training to teachers, parents and students so as to assist them in identifying and handling cases of bullying at school?
   
   

Reply:

Madam President,