SMAN 13 Jakarta Students Educated Against Bullying

The North Jakarta administration together with the Indonesian Democracy House, socialized Anti-Bullying to hundreds of teachers and students in the Hall of SMAN 13 Jakarta, Rawa Badak Utara, Koja, Tuesday (6/25).

I support it, especially if there is an anti-bullying team

North Jakarta Mayor, Ali Maulana Hakim said this socialization is very important, thus students avoid acts of bullying against other people who are physically, emotionally, or socially weaker.

"I support it, especially if there is an anti-bullying team. Of course, it will make it easier for us to prevent bullying, violence, harassment, and so on," he stated.

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According to him, students were given an understanding of the negative impacts of bullying, both physically and psychologically, and taught ways to deal with and report bullying.

"Bullying is not only direct but what is dangerous nowadays is through social media. So, we need to pay attention together to prevent it," he explained.

Indonesian Democracy House Chairman, Ramdansyah added today's socialization is very important for students as the nation's next generation so that they can control their attitudes, and actions and avoid legal problems.

"Hopefully, it can provide understanding for them, thus they can even report if they find acts of bullying," he hoped.

One of the students from SMAN 13 Jakarta, Cantika Wulandari (17) admitted that she was taught how to report bullying in the event of bullying both in the school environment and outside, and was explained about legal protection.

"Bullying is currently mostly on social media, so we have to be careful and have the courage to report it if we see someone being bullied or hurt. This socialization is certainly very useful for us," she said.