Friday, February 28, 2014

‘Zero Bullying: Whole School Program’ — Counseling Unit Makes an Anti-bullying Wall

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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