Minister for National Development Desmond Lee has detailed new measures and a broader strategy to address the issues of school bullying and cyberbullying. The focus of these initiatives is on strengthening the support ecosystem within schools, enhancing reporting mechanisms, and ensuring that disciplinary frameworks remain effective. By emphasizing a whole-of-society approach, the government aims to foster collaboration between educational institutions, parents, and community partners to provide mental health support for both victims and perpetrators while cultivating a safer environment for students.
- The government is reviewing school disciplinary frameworks to ensure they are robust enough to address modern forms of bullying, including digital harassment.
- A significant emphasis is being placed on mental health, with increased resources dedicated to counseling for both victims and those exhibiting bullying behaviors.
- Measures include strengthening reporting channels to encourage students and witnesses to speak up about incidents as early as possible.
- The approach involves a “whole-of-society” effort, calling for parents and community members to reinforce positive social values and online safety outside of the school setting.
- Digital literacy programs are being prioritized to help students navigate online spaces safely and understand the consequences of cyberbullying.
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Really? Will you allow the victims to fully expose the names of their bullies? There is no greater deterrent than public shaming…but victims often hesitate because the law might instead turn around and accuse them of infractions.
I can say for sure, based on personal experience, there is primary school at Bukit Panjang area that doesn't see bullying as serious issue, I had to request to MOE for school transfer
🍀 Just expel the bullies. Their bullying can ruin lives you know. They should receive what they dish out to others in return. In singapore without a right to education it is a death sentence. So give it to them. Made them understand there is a price in life for their own decision.
While you are doing this, look into bullying and intimidating behaviour by MOE teachers. Cultural change starts from the top.
Rotan the bully in front of the whole school populatiion.
Parents not happy .. reflects their bad attitude.
Keep your son at home .. no part of the education system.
Errr bullying is a ego personality issue, not upstanding character can solve, a upstanding person will also bully if he or she lets their ego run rampant. How to tackle a person with ego problem?
This still changes nothing, you know. Why give them detention, suspension, or caning? Why not expel them instead? Ruin their lives, so that they can learn that bullying is extremely serious. And also, the teachers do not even do anything, to the point when they decide to step in, they sound like they are siding with the bullies instead. Idgaf if their reason is that they have a bad past or have problems elsewhere, it does not give them the right to make our lives miserable.
Not only just school church too
Desmond also also church got bullying this needs to stop
How about bullying in politics? I don't think the PAP has the moral high ground to comment on this.They should just implement these new measures for the benefit of the kids and shut up because they behave in the same way as we have seen just from the glimpses exposed to the public.
This is better than what CCS said when he was asked about bullying and the river valley case. This is a decent response. More to do for the young minds.
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