Video: Bullying at Shuqun Seconday School

minx SG

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http://statestimesreview.com/2015/09/21/video-bullying-at-shuqun-secondary-school/

A video of a school bullying incident taken at Shuqun Secondary School has gone viral on Facebook. In the video, two boys in lower secondary were playfully slapped and hit on their head continuously by a bully who are believed to be their classmates.

Video from Douglas Chan

FireIce SG

err, 家常便饭 in this sch lah.

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

家常便饭 is RP

FireIce SG

Shuqun Secondary School has investigated a bullying incident captured on video, and is counselling the students, the school said on Monday (Sept 21).

In another update at around 9.30pm, the school also added that an adjunct teacher was in the classroom when the bullying occurred last Friday (Sept 18).

Adjunct teachers are former and retired teachers who work on flexible terms.

The school said it has since spoken to the teacher. The actual subject teacher was on childcare leave.

"What might first begin as playfulness could potentially end up hurting others. The student involved has been counselled and he deeply regrets his actions," the school said earlier in an email to The Straits Times.

The parents of the students involved have also been informed, the school added. It emphasised that it takes all incidents of bullying seriously and has anti-bullying programmes to help students deal with such incidents.

The Ministry of Education (MOE) added that it takes a "serious view of bullying in schools and does not condone such behaviour".

A 52-second video clip of the incident, which happened in a classroom at Shuqun Secondary School in Jurong East, was first posted on the Facebook page of All Singapore Stuff on Monday morning.

It has garnered over 300,000 views and had been shared more than 9,500 times as of Monday 6pm.

The video, which appears to have been filmed by another student, shows a male student slapping the head of a classmate repeatedly with both hands. He then picks up a book and uses it to hit the victim's head, before doing the same to another classmate who was seated nearby.

Both victims kept their heads bowed and did not retaliate. Another male student can be seen dancing on the teacher's table in the background while the bullying was going on.

MOE's Facebook page has been inundated with requests from netizens to look into the matter.

People who commented on the original post condemned the student's actions and urged MOE and the school's authorities to take appropriate action.

Wrote netizen Alice Tan: "It's so ridiculous, school is a place to study...not for bullies. The school should take disciplinary action immediately."

lce SG

most of the teachers cant be bother till something happens.

money is more important than the social reponsibilties

jurongresident SG

I feel that the blame is on the parents of the bully. The parents never teach the child the right values and practices.

I feel that the long-term solution is to send both the parent and the child for counselling.

Parents - on how to teach their child.

Child - on how to behave.

JosephineNobel SG

The teacher should have stopped the students whether they are playing or not. Look at the conditions in the classroom, a student was dancing atop of the teacher desk and, another was slapping the head of two students as objects of ridicule. This is how not to conduct a class and as a "former" teacher, he/she should know better.

Another thing I would like to address, parents should know what is happening in school, whether it's the student who is being bullied or the student being a bully themselves.

This case is a perfect reminder that we parents are responsible for our children's learning environment.

FireIce SG

relieve teachers (ok, now got nicer word....adjunct) no power one lah

Hejiawei4 SG

call police or call parents