08/11/2010 Culture, Science, Education and Media
The PACE Committee on Culture, Science and Education meeting in Paris, called for renewed efforts by European governments to reduce acts of violence in schools throughout Europe.
Alarmed by “attacks by pupils with or without weapons, bullying and harassment among pupils, acts of hostility and even aggression by pupils against teachers,” the committee unanimously adopted a draft resolution which, as proposed by the rapporteur, Gvozden Srecko Flego (Croatia, SOC), sets out a range of guiding principles covering the relevant legal framework and administrative practices, preventive and supportive measures, awareness-raising and training, the involvement of pupils and their families and monitoring and assessment of the measures proposed. The PACE will vote on the text at its plenary session in January 2011.