Sexual harassment; 3,000 school students expelled in one year in England

by time news

London,

Following the spread of the Corona pandemic across the world, educational centers including schools and colleges were closed in 2020. However, online education continued in many areas.

Due to the corona wave, many countries have implemented lockdown. As a result, economic growth was hindered. Economic recovery activities are being carried out even though the spread of Corona has decreased a little.

Now after 3 years, schools and colleges have started functioning. In this case, the NGO in England One of the statistics published by the non-governmental organization about school students is shocking.

The school administration took action by suspending the students studying in the school hall for allegedly sexually harassing and molesting fellow students.

In 2018-19, the number of students expelled for such things in school halls before the pandemic was 1,866.

In this case, according to the recently published statistics for the year 2020-2021, the number of students expelled from school halls for sexual misconduct is shockingly 3,031.

It has been warned that this number is the highest in 5 years.

Similarly, the number has also increased among primary school students studying in classes 1 to 5. According to this, the number of students expelled from schools in 2018-19 was 144.

But, in 2019-20 this number has increased to 243.

This is a shocking situation in many schools. School students are very scared and shocked. It is said that the class leaders are hiding this or avoiding this growing crisis.

“We expect schools to take immediate action against sexual misconduct, harassment or violence,” a Department for Education spokeswoman said.

He also said that Rs.82.15 crore has been announced by the government to support the teachers to explain such matters.

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