Violence against teachers: suffered by 90%

The drums of violence against teachers have been beating for some time, but now they are beating louder than ever. According to the latest surveys of the Independent and Official Union Central (CSIF), an overwhelming percentage of 90% of the teachers surveyed claims to have experienced a case of violence in the classroom, and another 75% affirm that they have lost respect and level of authority.

In addition, a quarter of the interviewees say or think that working life in the educational center is neither very pleasant nor pleasant. It is not a problem alien to anyone; Associations of fathers and mothers are aware of the situation and demand more means to combat violence in the classroom. The problem could be in the new forms of socialization and in a bad use of the Internet.

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Violence according to the Independent Central Union of Civil Servants

With a sample of 3,000 teachers interviewed, the result of this study has made that the alarms go off both in alert media and in the Ministry of Education itself. Despite the fact that schools are created with the objective of educating, it seems that non-violence, one of the fundamental principles to socialize and participate in any culture, loses presence in the classroom. Physical or verbal violence seems to be present in the work of most of the teachers.

As if that were not enough, other indicators in the study show more signs of the effects of violence in the classroom. The numbers are as follows: 55% of teachers say that there is a lot of violence in the classroom, 28% believe that the relationship with their parents is bad or very bad, and another 20% of those surveyed admit to having a poor relationship with their students. It is certainly something to worry about if the trend is not reversed.

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main causes

The CSIF presented the study a little over a week ago, and its presenter, Mario Gutiérrez, opened the session by openly acknowledging the seriousness of the situation: "it is tremendously worrying." The study is blunt: If this child violence is not corrected, it will become adult violence. It is no longer a question of respecting the teacher, but oneself and others.

The authors of the study point to possible causes of this phenomenon: the teacher's lack of authority (undoubtedly the most relevant), the access that students have to any type of violent content through the Internet and the little recognition that teachers have from the society.

Not so long ago, the teacher was the second most important figure for young people, after fathers and mothers. The education that the children received was complemented by the school. That chain of transmission socializing values, says Gutiérrez, has been interrupted.

The unions warn of this latent lack of authority, since in many cases the teachers say they are not in control of the situation and feel humiliated by the student himself, even when he is very young. It is particularly noteworthy that some teachers claim to be incapable of kicking students out of class when they behave inappropriately. The teachers claim the lack of support from their superiors, the competent authorities but, above all, from the parents when they meet with them. "Most do not accept criticism of their children," explained a teacher in the presentation of the study results.

Another classic of our times could not miss the appointment: social networks. The creators of the study affirm that students at a very early age, between 12 and 16 years old, cause situations of bullying and bullying at extreme levels. The union points to the bad practice on the part of fathers and mothers of giving away mobile devices in communions. "They don't know how to handle their egos and they lose respect for their colleagues 24 hours a day." From this perspective, social networks such as Instagram promote a constant competition for influence over others, being violence one more way to earn that precious respect.

some measures

Apart from the recent CSIF study, there are other reports on action and prevention of violence in the classroom that recommend some measures to stop this wave of abuse of teachers. And it is that the situation requires it, according to the most pessimistic points of view. The association of The Teacher's Ombudsman assured that threats and attacks against educators by students have multiplied by five in recent years.

For this reason, the CSIF has proposed a series of measures that demand urgent implementation, such as making a State pact to that public educational centers have a psychological support department for this type of incident, or implement an updated school coexistence plan. In the short term, more training for teachers is called for in order to combat the harmful influence of the misuse of new technologies, such as WhatsApp or Facebook.