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<div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2973084"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span id="isPasted">MANILA -- The Philippines is seen at the top of the list of countries where students don&#x27;t feel safe in schools, <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">according to the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), which is tasked to evaluate the education sector.</span>  </span></div><div><span><span style="line-height:107%">&quot;The data shows us from many international assessments that students don’t feel safe in school. That they are bullied weekly, and that many of them don’t feel safe and therefore could not concentrate on their studies,&quot; said <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Karol Yee, executive director of EDCOM 2</span>.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="line-height:107%">Yee said t</span></span><span><span style="line-height:107%">he data show that there is a clear connection between feeling safe and getting harassed in school, and learner achievement.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="line-height:107%">Yee said they are working with stakeholders to revise the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013.</span></span></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/13/23/lawmaker-flags-massive-underreporting-of-bullying-cases-in-schools">Address massive underreporting of bullying cases in schools - Gatchalian</a></div><div><span><span style="line-height:107%"><strong>--28 February 2024</strong></span></span></div>

<p>The Philippines is seen at the top of the list of countries where students don't feel safe in schools, according to EDCOM 2.</p>

The Philippines is seen at the top of the list of countries where students don't feel safe in schools, according to EDCOM 2.

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Bullying capital of the world? EDCOM 2 eyes review of Anti-Bullying Act

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Published Feb 28, 2024 05:26 PM PHT

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