Anti-bullying campaign could save lives, says report

A NATIONAL anti-bullying programme in schools could help reduce the number of cases by more than one-fifth and even save lives, new research shows.

The Department of Education has expressed interest in developing such a scheme after the success of a pilot programme to combat bullying in Donegal. The Anti-Bullying Centre at Trinity College Dublin’s education department presented the findings of the trial programme in 42 primary schools last April. It resulted in:

A 21.5% reduction in pupils being victimised