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I guess it's a good start to help on the bullying part, and the suicide rate. But there are still a lot of other things that need to be done to help lowering these rates, and I don't think that is something that should be done at school, but at the homes.
Govt to boost No. of school counselors
The Education, Science and Technology Ministry has decided to increase the number of school counselors at primary schools from next academic year as a countermeasure against an increase in child suicides caused by bullying and other problems.
To date, the ministry has mainly assigned school counselors to public middle schools. Seventy-six percent of middle schools boast school counselors, but only seven percent of public primary schools benefit from their expertise.
School counselors include clinical psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and university teachers specializing in psychology. They are dispatched to individual schools about once a week.
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