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13/09/2013
New Anti-Bullying Procedures Published
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has published new anti-bullying procedures to be adopted and implemented by all 4,000 primary and post primary schools.
The new procedures and the associated Department Circular 0045/13 are now published on the Department's website.
These procedures have been developed following consultation with the relevant education partners and replace guidelines that were issued to schools in 1993. These procedures have resulted from a review of the 1993 guidelines and the implementation of the Action Plan on Bullying that was published in January 2013.
The new procedures require that the prevention of bullying must be an integral part of a school's anti-bullying policy.
Minister Quinn said he "was pleased to note the strong focus in the procedures on education and prevention strategies to deal with bullying behaviour including, in particular, cyberbullying and identity based bullying such as homophobic and transphobic bullying".
(CD/JP)
The new procedures and the associated Department Circular 0045/13 are now published on the Department's website.
These procedures have been developed following consultation with the relevant education partners and replace guidelines that were issued to schools in 1993. These procedures have resulted from a review of the 1993 guidelines and the implementation of the Action Plan on Bullying that was published in January 2013.
The new procedures require that the prevention of bullying must be an integral part of a school's anti-bullying policy.
Minister Quinn said he "was pleased to note the strong focus in the procedures on education and prevention strategies to deal with bullying behaviour including, in particular, cyberbullying and identity based bullying such as homophobic and transphobic bullying".
(CD/JP)
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