Prevent Bullying, Dikbud Mukomuko asks Teachers to Watch Students Mobbing

Illustration of middle school students starting to actively attend school in the midst of the pandemic. (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - The Education and Culture Office (Dikbud) of Mukomuko Regency in Bengkulu Province asked teachers to increase supervision of students who gather or gather in the school environment to prevent bullying.

"We ask teachers at schools to pay more attention to students' symptoms, especially those who are in groups, so that bullying does not occur," said the Head of the Mukomuko Regency Education and Culture Office, Arni Gusnita, when contacted from Bengkulu, Friday, quoted by Antara.

He said that this step was a preventive effort following the bullying cases that occurred in several schools in Bengkulu City and Curup, Rejang Lebong Regency which had gone viral some time ago.

According to him, until now there have been no reports related to bullying cases against elementary school and middle school students in Mukomuko Regency. However, his party still instructs schools to increase vigilance.

"At least, what we can do is increase supervision in the school environment, and who does the supervision is the teachers at school," he said.

He said that the emphasis on teachers to increase supervision had not been put in the form of an official circular. However, his party had delivered an appeal to all schools to be forwarded to teachers.

In addition, he asked teachers to recognize the behavior of each student and routinely provide guidance to students who show bad behavior.

Dikbud Mukomuko also asked the school to immediately report if there was an alleged bullying so that it could be followed up in accordance with the applicable provisions.