How to report cases of harassment to Minedu

Physical and psychological aggression at school, also called intimidationIt is a problem that children and adolescents face daily and often goes unreported. These can leave consequences in the future and before this happens it is best to report them to the corresponding authorities, in this case the Portal SiSeVe of the Ministry of National Education (Minedu).

As we might know, this web platform received nearly 2,500 complaints between March and November 2022, so it is understood that there are at least 6 cases per day per year. In addition, from September 2013 to the end of 2022, 49,300 cases of school attacks were recorded.

Worryingly, up to April 2022, the number of cases (874) had already exceeded those of 2021. Of this total number of complaints, 163 were of a sexual nature, which includes inappropriate touching, harassment, sexually charged comments, or rape. .

322 other complaints were of a psychological nature, such as threats or teasing; while 389 were physical assaultsso they did not cause injury. On the other hand, it has been recorded that almost half of the alleged abusers are teachers and administrators (384); while the others are schoolchildren (490).

Now, educational institutions are required to address any instances of harassment and activate corresponding protocols, such as starting a follow-up. If they do not comply with the provisions, they may be sanctioned, in accordance with the law, by fines. Like the recent sanction applied by the Consumer Protection Commission No. 3 of the indecopi to Lima Villa College (Chorrillos) for not having acted correctly in a case of bullying (50 ITU, 247,500 soles).

According to Law No. 29719which promotes coexistence without violence in educational institutions, published on June 25, 2011, expressly prohibits bullying between students, which causes violence and results in victims.

The regulation aims to establish mechanisms to diagnose, prevent, avoid, punish and eradicate violence, harassment, bullying and any act considered bullying among students in educational institutions. In addition, it requires schools to appointment of at least one psychology professionalwho will be responsible for preventing and dealing with cases of harassment and violence between students.

How to report a case of harassment: step by step

– Enter for SiSeVe

– In one of the tabs, you will see the option “Report a case”. Click on it. If you do not yet have an account to log in, you must create your account.

– Once the account is created, enter your user name, your password and then select the enter button.

– Now click on “Report a case” and select the “New case” option.

– Now you have to fill in the spaces with the corresponding information such as: Identification of the educational institution, data of the person attacked, data of the alleged attackers, data of the violence and description of the case.

– When you fill in the data, send the report and you will see a confirmation window. Click accept to save the report or cancel to discard.

– Finally, a message will appear with the generated case report number. This report number must be recorded to verify the respective follow-up in the follow-up of your case.

On the same platform and next to “Report a case” you have the option “Follow your file”. You can see the status of the case there.

Step by step to follow:

– Enter the tracking number of the reported case

– Enter verification code

– Select the search button.

Parents can file a complaint in the Private School Complaints Registry and also file a complaint with Indecopi, at any of its offices nationwide or through the following service channels:

– Mail: [email protected]

– Claim Virtual in the following link.

– Telephone lines: 224-7777 (Lima) and 0800-4-4040 (provinces).

– You can submit an informative complaint anonymously to Indecopi via the email [email protected].

How to react to bullying

Remember that you must not be silent because you are not alone. If you want to report a case and you don’t know the number or don’t have your ID, you can seek support from your most trusted parents, relatives or teachers. Although you can follow the following recommendations:

– Do not respond to provocations. This makes the situation worse.

– Avoid isolated places.

– Do not be ashamed. What is happening to you is neither right nor normal.