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Government of Brazil distributes books to schools tackle the bullying

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All schools statewide network of schools of São Paulo will receive a manual on bullying at the beginning of the school year next week. The Department of Education send the book to the 5300 units of the network. The action is part of the package folder to prevent the bullying - physical or psychological abuse of children and adolescents committed by others.

The new manual should be used by directors, coordinators and teachers teaching in schools. Besides the schools, all 91 regional boards of education have the material.

The book takes the name of "Phenomenon Bullying: how to prevent school violence and educate for peace", the manual deals with violence and physical and psychological manifestations of discrimination, patterns of practice.

The secretary also plans to train teachers to identify and combat the problem, through the Network of Knowledge, the communication system that connects the network of state education.

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In 2008, a survey conducted by the nongovernmental organization Plan International, which operates in 66 countries in defending the rights of children, showed that 70% of 12 thousand students in six states surveyed reported having been victims of school violence. Other 84% of the total identified their schools as violent.

Among the most common forms of violence is bullying, a phenomenon defined by the study as "aggressive attitudes, intentional and repeated that occur without apparent motivation, adopted by one or more students against another."

With the results of the study, also conducted in other countries, was prepared to campaign "Learn without fear." The focus of the campaign in Brazil, launched at the end of last year, was the bullying. According to research, at least a third of students said the country being involved in this type of attitude, whether as perpetrator or as victim.



Source: Folha Online

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