An Anti-bullying wall was
set by the student advisors Pooja Raj Kumar and Kavya Kaza of the Counseling
and Supportive Instruction Unit. The “Anti-bullying wall” acts as a message
board with information regarding the various daily activities.
Two Drop-boxes have also
been put up next to the “Anti-bullying wall”. The purpose of one of these Drop-boxes
“See it, Stop it, Report it” is for the students to report incidents of bullying
that have happened to them or any incidents of bullying that they have
witnessed. The students were assured of complete confidentiality with only the
student advisors having access to the Drop-box.
The other Drop-box “Safe
School Best Idea” is for ideas from students and teachers alike regarding how
to make the school a bully-free zone. The Drop-boxes provide the students with
a safe medium through which they can share their experiences instead of
bottling up their feelings.
The Counseling Unit also
mobilized an Anti-bullying squad, which is a part of the Anti-bullying alliance
headed by Dr. Shakila Naidu. The purpose of the Anti-bullying squad is to get
the students in the process of reducing incidents of bullying. In order to be
in the squad, the students are required to fill up a registration form,
following which the students are filtered and selected for the squad. The
registration form requires the children to answer questions related to “Why
they want to be in the squad?” and “What action will they take if they witness cases of bullying?”
The squad has up to 300 students from the Junior School and 100 students from the Senior School. The Anti-bullying squad was created with the vision that involving the students will result in proactive action on the part of the students in reducing incidents of bullying. It will also give the students confidence that bullying will not go unnoticed.
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