Measure is one of five recommendations that make up a report by the Bullying Working Group in schools, which reveals that almost 6% of students have already felt a victim.
The government will create an anonymous line of case reporting and support for students of bullying in schools, the .
In a note sent to the newsrooms, the Office of the Margarida Balreiro Lopes tutelaged folder clarifies that the line will serve to report cases in both public and private schools, through three ways: telephone, website and app.
The measure is one of five recommendations that make up the, which reveals that almost 6% of students have already felt a victim.
“There is a great need to do something differentiating”
The commitment was also now assumed by the Secretary of State and Deputy Education at the end of the report presentation session, which took place at Rainha Leonor Secondary School in Lisbon.
“It is a necessity we recognize, it is something differentiating in view of what has been done and there is a great need to do something that is differentiating,” said Alexandre Homem Cristo.
The Secretary of State recognized, however, that this is a complex measure and, therefore, did not want to compromise with a deadline, ensuring that it will be something in which the government will work “in a sustained manner and with the concern of having an effective solution “.
Speaking to journalists, the Minister of Youth and Modernization, Margarida Balseiro Lopes, added that the support line should not be completed this year, but also did not commit to being implemented early on the next year, 2025/2026.
The creation of a specific support line for students of bullying is one of the recommendations of the working group, whose report reveals that, on average, in every 17 students, one considers having suffered from bullying.
