SAPPORO, Jan 26 (News On Japan) –
In response to the suicide of a first-year feminine pupil at a municipal junior highschool in Sapporo three years in the past in 2021, town’s Board of Education has determined to implement an app that conducts surveys on bullying and manages the bodily and psychological well being of all college students attending municipal elementary and junior excessive faculties.
According to the Sapporo City Board of Education and others, the deceased pupil had repeatedly reported being a sufferer of bullying in handwritten faculty surveys. However, her academics didn’t share the outcomes and no organized response was taken.
An investigative committee identified that the college’s dealing with of the state of affairs was inappropriate. As a end result, town’s Board of Education has determined to introduce an app to conduct surveys on bullying and to handle college students’ well being regularly.
The app is meant for use on pill units distributed to all college students in municipal elementary and junior excessive faculties, and can commonly inquire concerning the presence of bullying and points they’re battling, in addition to conduct well being observations. It goals to share info not solely with homeroom academics but in addition with principals and vice-principals, and to watch response measures.
The metropolis of Sapporo plans to submit a brand new fiscal yr price range proposal that features the required bills to town council session in February.
Source: NHK