Violence inside and outside schools is becoming more serious. Aggression among students is on the rise. In Mexico, seven out of 10 children suffer some type of school abuse. In fact, our country ranks first in bullying in basic education internationally, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
In Mexico, a total of 29 million 710,596 students are studying their basic and upper secondary education, according to figures from the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), so how to solve the problem should be on the agendas of the authorities.
Governments, as well as public and private educational institutions, should do everything possible to seek to protect and preserve the physical, psychological and social integrity of students, many of whom are minors. If the school authorities omit to deal with a problem of violence, it can generate even administrative and criminal sanctions.
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GMSI has training, certifications, permits and licenses that regulate private security activity at a specialized level. For example, it is a company registered with the REPSE (Registry of Service Providers or Specialized Works). He has federal and state permits, and permits to carry weapons from the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA).
It also has ISO Certification and is a member of the National Private Security Council. Each element has more than 300 hours of training and training before going out to provide any service. At the national level, MGUS It has more than 30 subsidiaries, 14,000 items, and more than 1,000 customers.
What else can we do to have a safe environment?
Cases of violence in schools can even cause the death of the victims and the definitive closure of public and private educational institutions.
The attacks involve the entire school community: teachers, parents, directors and administrative staff. Even insults, threats and blows not only affect people physically and psychologically. Cyber, patrimonial, economic and social sexual violence is also observed.
What else can we do? You have to learn to resolve conflicts and, to the extent that it depends on you, do everything possible to live in peace with everyone. There is also a need to report more on the types and consequences of violence in schools; as well as implement effective measures to prevent and eradicate it.
In conclusion, insecurity in all schools generates low academic performance, limits full development, and, in serious cases, causes school dropout and even suicides. For this reason, a concrete solution is to look for private security experts who solve problems in all types of sectors. Industrial Safety Multisystems Group® (GMSI) offers a Security Need Detection Study at no cost.