There are more juvenile violence, there are fewer answers

Principals listened to how to act in a completely full hall (at least at the beginning) of the Congress Center in Brdo In the worst cases of threats in education. Most heard nothing new. Protocols are known, also recommendations. However, there were other warnings that the school cannot solve everything, that it is necessary to start dealing with the causes of violence, including what is happening at home.

Minister of Education and Education Vinko Logaj said that securing security is one of the fundamental conditions for the successful functioning of the school system and achieving its goals, and that a sense of security is also important for students. He recalled that the Ministry of Education and the Internal Affairs had signed a protocol on information and action in kindergartens and schools last year at various threats. The protocol has already been updated and supplemented, and now they are also informed by SMS.

Logaj specifically warned of the elementary school bill. “We will send it for further hearing this month. We want to strengthen the field of education, measures to ensure security, including for reviewing personal items and the use of electronic devices, « he said.

Some principals warn that some things in the law are not yet clear, for example, where to give a child who will be removed from class for disabling lessons, in which cases they can do it, who will wait with the child for parents or work with him, how much time the child should be outside the class…

Violence is more visible

Minister Logaj emphasized that we are all responsible for the solution of violence among young people: “The school is merely a place where a wider social climate is expressed. He is unable to bear responsibility for violence. « He added that the school environment in Slovenia is otherwise safe. Similarly, the Minister of the Interior said Boštjan Poklukar and assurances that the security conditions in Slovenia are stable. Nevertheless, he said that we are not immune to events such as happened in Belgrade, Zagreb and Prague: « There have been quite a few threats in Slovenian schools in recent days. »

Schools must first call the police, which will assess the security risk. Vlado Ilic From the General Police Directorate (GPU), he stressed that the next first measure is an immediate evacuation. If they cannot escape, they have to stain, to use chairs, tables, everything they can, Ilic explained: “Children should also be warned about phones. They must be quiet so that the phone does not betray them, where they are hiding.

These are really the worst cases, there are many more peer violence that is moving online from the physical world. Whether there is more violence or we are only more susceptible to him or more visible, Logaj replied that due to zero tolerance to violence, because of the greater recognition of these topics in the media and also for greater sensibility, we are talking about it. He added that this is important as it leads us to prevent any forms of violence. Poklukar also emphasized that the media’s responsibility is great: “Then -accumulated reporting can do more damage. I suggest caution. Social networks are the ones that generate the footage comes everywhere. « 

Reality

Minister Poklukar emphasized that the statistics are clear: “Young crime and violence are on the rise and we have to find an answer if we do not want to have such practices in society as we have in minors. This is a serious challenge for all institutions in Slovenia. ”He added that education begins in the family, at home. Given the calls to reduce the age of criminal responsibility, he emphasized that he did not advocate for minors to close in prisons: « But it is necessary to take a step forward, the legislation is outdated, the social climate is changing, and this is also a new reality in the field of violence in educational systems. »

But one is the solutions on paper and the other is practice. “We found a book at the fifth grade student Deadly Skillswhich is supposed to be a bomb, a knife is obligatory equipment … We do not know when, to what extent for help and where. To the police? CSD? In the future, our plan is an unannounced review of bags, « one of the counselors asked. Ogrinch’s answer was expected: “We can’t talk about the crime yet because you have only found a book. However, the competent services must be notified. Accompanying the student’s behavior. « 

Headmaster of Celje Primary School Lava Marijana Kolenko It was sharp: “We would like to finally start dealing with the causes. Parents should finally borrow for responsibilities. Children leave our safe environment with phones in their hands to another world. We try to do everything, but it moves nothing. The causes need to be dealt with. Not only with social networks, but also with what is happening in the family environment. Where all these ideas are born. « 

She added that reducing the age for criminal responsibility is not the solution: “I am against it. Where would this stop? Last but not least, we also have children in kindergarten who are violent. «