Jai Hind Primary takes a firm stand against bullying
The school did not brush the problem under the carpet and both teachers and the governing body have now decided that they have had enough.
Teachers and pupils at Jai Hind Primary are taking bullying seriously after the principal, Jeff Dundraj, received numerous complains from parents.
The school did not brush the problem under the carpet and both teachers and the governing body have now decided that they have had enough.
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Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behaviour among schoolchildren that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behaviour is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Children who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
The school welcomed Port Shepstone Saps officers Sergeant Ruwaida Khan, Warrant Officer Thulani Nkonyeni and Constable Ziningi Khena to the assembly last Friday, when the school launched its anti-bullying campaign (ABC) ‘Say no to Bullying’. The officers addressed pupils on the issue of bullying and the harmful effects it had on school life, as well as the community.
First to address pupils was Sgt Ruwaida Khan, who said pupils came to school to learn and not be bullied or bully other children. She played a game in which she made a pupil squash a piece paper and made another pupil get it back to its original condition. Obviously, this could not be done.
“When someone hurts your feelings or breaks your heart it is very difficult to make it right like the piece of paper. It is the same as bullying when you hurt somebody, that person will be hurt for life.”
She added that bullying was being teased, insulted, threatened, forced into doing things that one did not want to do, spreading rumours about someone. “Schools should not be a place for bullies or gangsters,” she said.
Bullying was not a problem only at Jai Hind Primary. It happened everywhere, not only in South African, but worldwide. Warrant Officer Thulani Nkonyeni asked a few pupils what type of bullying was done at school. One pupil said he was picked on about his size and pushed around.
“If a child is being bullied it brings out a very negative impression and affects the child for the rest of his life. We hope that our ABC campaign is successful and we are looking forward to a positive outcome,” said Mr Dundraj.
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