Ulaanbaatar
Say “No” to Cyber Bullying campaign launched
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The campaign is being organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sciences and Sports. According to a Social Health Institute’s survey from 2010 and 2013 among the children from general education schools, one in every four students has contemplated suicide, whereas one in every 10 children attempted suicide.
In the past four years, 92 Mongolian children committed suicide on supposed causes of discrimination, depression and violence.
Children tend to hide from their family members the fact that they are being bullied or discriminated at school, and often face uncertainty about how to tackle with the problems because of lack of life experience and knowledge, and harm their health or put their life at risk, said the State Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports B.Bayarsaikhan.
Among many kinds of discrimination, cyber bullying is the most “contagious” and harms the largest number of victims. Discrimination in online environment causes children to dislike attending schools and even think of committing suicide, he said.
“It is time to bring this issue on the table. The program will aim at building appropriate attitude towards others in the online environment, especially via social media”, he noted.
In this context, the school children will receive lessons about cyber bullying that will teach them about respectful way of treating one another. The campaign is being carried out with support by the Ministry of Health, the Social Health Institute, the Development Center for Families, Children and Youth, the Department of Physical Culture and Sports, the UNICEF, the World Vision, Save The Children, The National Giving Day Movement and Intellectual Mongolian NGO.
