There is no singular definition of bullying because it comes in all shapes, sizes and subtleties. The dictionary definition of bullying is “the use of strength or power frighten or hurt weaker people.” This is not a very nice definition if you ask us. First things first, being bullied does not mean that you are weak. What’s more, this definition doesn’t account for many facets of bullying such as online abuse, subtle bullying within friendships such as manipulation, intimidation and social exclusion, as well as indirect bullying such as the spreading of harmful rumours, be it online or elsewhere. It is an unwanted, aggressive behaviour. The behaviour is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both parties who are bullied and who bully others may have serious lasting problems. The scenario can be faced by anyone; teenager or an adult and at any place; school or work.
Bullying is now a rising scenario among the youngsters. As per the most recent accessible information from UNICEF, almost 150 million students all around the world suffers from bullying. Somewhat more than one out of three students matured (13-15) experience tormenting or bullying, and generally a similar extent are engaged with physical battles. Some statistics on bullying suggest that 28% of students from grades six through 12 have a history of being the victim of bullying, while 30% of high school students acknowledge having bullied other students. About 10%-14% of children have been the victim of bullying for more than six months. In the transient this effects their learning, and in the long haul it can prompt misery, tension, and even suicide. While young ladies and young men are similarly in danger of harassing, young ladies are bound to progress toward becoming casualties of mental types of tormenting and young men are more in danger of physical savagery and dangers. Savagery is an exceptional exercise that no youngster needs to learn. The instruction service’s accommodation of an approach draft on the counteractive action of tormenting at school, regarding it as an offence, to the High Court Division is welcome in that a stunning 35 percent of understudies matured somewhere in the range of 13 and 15 years are accounted for being harassed in Bangladesh, as a UNICEF report which depended on episodes in 2014 said in September 2018. The service presented the draft on Monday against the background of an understudy of Overrunning Noon School ending it all in December 2018 after the school specialists brought her gatekeepers and reproved her in their quality for bamboozling in assessments, and the court is required to pass further request on the issue in June. The draft which has characterised tormenting of three sorts — verbal, which is stating or composing something to ridicule somebody or swearing at or compromising somebody; physical, which is hitting somebody with something, slapping, kicking, pushing, jabbing, spitting, grabbing endlessly or breaking somebody’s things and making obscene and inconsiderate signal and social, which is cutting off association with somebody or inciting somebody to quit being companions with somebody as a result of societal position or strict personality, and so on — has additionally discussed duties of watchmen and family to forestall harassing.
Bullying can influence the prosperity of understudies. Directed youngsters can experience the ill effects of terrible showing in school, rest issues, tension and discouragement and understudies doing the tormenting could be in danger for a large group of issues that could stretch out into adulthood, extending from savage conduct to substance misuse. The approach draft, in such a specific circumstance, visualises that the harassed ought to be given mental help while instructors and other staff would assume a significant job in managing tormenting episodes, including the account of explanations of the domineering jerk and witnesses. It further proposes the establishment of tormenting anticipation advisory groups which will address the domineering jerk and the harassed independently or together. While there should, obviously, be an arrangement system set up to forestall harassing at school, just approach and lawful instruments would not have the option to wipe out the danger. Educators ought to ingrain sympathy, the capacity to place oneself from another person’s point of view, and benevolence in understudies from the most punctual ages and encourage a feeling of network in study halls so understudies feel associated with their friends to improve understudies ready to forestall tormenting and to adapt to being harassed.
Bullying or tormenting must be stopped at any cost. History has shown the result of bullying is not a sweet one. The solution to putting an end to bullying is to stop it at the source but also to find out what is causing the person to behave the way that they do. The person that bullies, is doing so for a reason. As being said, it’s not like only the powerful ones bully the weak. Bullying never has to do with the victim. It’s the bully who’s insecure. The bully himself is facing some kind of situation that makes him act like that. So in order to stop Bullying we need to work for both the party- Bullied and Bully. Schools and individual classrooms that tend to be supportive of all children tend to prevent bullying. Effective bullying prevention programs at school and involve education of students, teachers, administrators, and parents on what bullying is and the extent to which it is harmful for all involved, understanding how others may view victims, and how to get help can be a great help. Workplace interventions that tend to be effective are similar to those in school, in that the interventions are implemented throughout the workplace. Coworkers and supervisors are encouraged to address each other by name and with respect, fully participate in required tasks, and avoid gossiping about each other or excluding anyone from conversation. Only by working together can this problem be solved. We must say no to bully.
Prepared by
Tasnia Nazmee
Intern
