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Local government efforts to prevent bullying in learning environments

Aris Suhendar
Department of Civic Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
Maulana Andinata Dalimunthe
Department of Communication Studies, Universitas Sumatra Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Vinda Chairunnisa
Department of Counseling Guidance, Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah, Medan, Indonesia
Rahmansyah Fadlul Al Karim Rambe
Department of Law, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia

Corresponding Author(s) : Aris Suhendar

arissuhendar@upi.edu

Journal of Teaching and Learning Environments, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): March 2024

Abstract

Bullying in the educational environment is currently increasingly widespread in formal education environments ranging from elementary school to university level. Data from the last four years, 2019-2022 shows a very significant increase with the following details, 2019: 11,057 people; 2020: 11,287 people; 2021: 14,517 people; 2022: 21,241 people. As an effort to prevent bullying in the formal education environment, the government in collaboration with UNICEF Indonesia has created a bullying prevention program called the roots program, as a form of prevention and reduction of bullying that occurs in the formal education environment. As a form of the North Sumatra provincial government's efforts to prevent bullying in the formal education environment, the North Sumatra provincial education office held technical guidance (bimtek) for teacher facilitators of the anti-bullying roots program at the high school, vocational and special school levels throughout the province of North Sumatra. The activity was held on October 13, 2023, this activity was the first activity carried out by the provincial education office in Indonesia for the sustainability of the Roots program. Since the implementation of the roots program in 2021 in driving schools in Indonesia. This research uses a qualitative approach using the analytic description method, data collected through in-depth interviews and observations of the activities carried out. The results of this study show a positive trend of regional concern in preventing bullying that occurs in the formal education environment in North Sumatra.

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Bullying Increase in bullying cases learning environments local government
Suhendar, A., Andinata Dalimunthe, M., Chairunnisa, V., & Al Karim Rambe, R. F. (2024). Local government efforts to prevent bullying in learning environments. Journal of Teaching and Learning Environments, 1(1), 36–45. Retrieved from https://journal.indoscholar.org/index.php/jotle/article/view/15
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