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Jakarta administration urged to revise antibullying regulation
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Students at Budi Mulia II elementary school in Sleman, Yogyakarta, show placards with antibullying messages. (kompas.com/Wijaya Kusuma)
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he Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has urged the Jakarta administration to revise the governor regulation that prohibits children involved in school bullying or brawls from continuing their studies in public school.
Even though the Governor Instruction No. 16/2015 on the prevention and mitigation of bullying aims to eradicate child bullying in Jakarta, the content of the regulation is believed to deviate from the child protection law.
“KPAI urges the administration to revise the governor regulation. Children should be taught that they should respect others and such understanding shall begin with a policy that humanizes the humans,” KPAI commissioner Retno Listyarti said in a statement on Thursday.
The commission said the instruction should be revised by referring to antibullying regulations addressed in the Education and Culture Minister Regulation No. 82/2015.
In a Forum Group Discussion initiated by KPAI on Tuesday, Pratiwi Febry, a lawyer with the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) said the administration had failed to see that the policy would exclude children away from education facilities.
Through this, the administration would prevent the children from receiving protection in the form of education, she said.
Based on the latest data from KPAI, 86 children across the country have become victims of school bullying this year while 71 have been accused of instigating the bullying.
