The PSP announced that a total of 609 educational institutions were involved in a campaign, conducting 1,021 awareness activities focused on bullying and cyberbullying, alongside 1,420 individual prevention contacts.
At the start of the campaign, the PSP outlined its aim to “highlight the negative impact these behaviors have on the lives of victims, as well as the importance of identifying behaviors and signs that can detect, at an early stage, victims who are being targeted by these phenomena, thus promoting their protection and referral to the relevant entities.”
During the campaign, which began on October 13, the Safe School Program Teams (EPES) “intensified awareness actions on the themes of bullying and cyberbullying within the school community.”
The PSP urges parents and guardians to identify “as early as possible” signs and indications such as bruises, cuts, scratches, headaches and stomach aches, damaged or missing school supplies, anxiety, depression, aggression, shyness, or isolation.
Attention should also be paid to changes in eating or sleeping behavior, academic performance, disinterest in activities once enjoyed, change of friends, and suicide attempts or threats.
To support victims, the PSP advises against discrimination or censorship, encourages inclusion in group activities, and promotes self-esteem.
During the campaign, World Anti-Bullying Day was also marked, celebrated on October 20.
