Module 1
Factual Background
Chapter 2: Good Practices
2.3 Good Practices in France: Bullying
In France, Article 15 of Law n°2019-791 of July 26, 2019 "for a school of trust" concretizes the Government's commitment to fight against school bullying and the dropout of the most vulnerable youth.
In France, the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport has been committed for several years to a public policy of prevention and fight against all forms of harassment, organised around 4 axes: awareness, prevention, training and care.
The aim is to eradicate a phenomenon that affects slightly more than 5% of the school population each year by proposing several actions throughout the country and by taking into account, from a very young age, the resurgence of cyber-violence and the extent of digital misuse.
In addition to a strengthened legal framework: creation of an offence of harassment applicable to the school setting (4 August 2014), protection against revenge porn and digital raids (226-2-1 of the Penal Code and 222-33), Article 5 of the law for a School of Confidence "No pupil should be subjected, by other pupils, to acts of harassment with the purpose or effect of degrading his or her learning conditions likely to infringe his or her rights and dignity or to alter his or her physical or mental health", the Ministry has launched 10 new measures in 2019 to combat harassment between pupils.
These measures include the inclusion in the Education Code of the right of children to attend school without harassment, the establishment of a platform dedicated to harassment (3020) and cyber harassment (3018), the introduction of a Non Au Harcèlement (NAH) (No to harassment) award in primary classes and a communication campaign for primary school pupils, and a prevention plan to combat harassment between pupils.
The NAH (Non Au Harcèlement) (No to harassment) programme, on a more participatory and transformative approach, enables schools to equip themselves with a resource team trained in dealing with harassment situations (teachers, psychologists, nurses, CPEs (Principal Education Counsellors), etc.), to raise parents' awareness of the signs of harassment, and to appoint student ambassadors. It sets up 10 hours of learning per year devoted to the issue of harassment for pupils in cycles 2, 3 and 4, awareness-raising meetings for parents and staff, participation in NAH day (organised on one day of the year) and a competition, and offers a number of resources (communication kits, a guide for parents, a school climate survey, the NAH label).
In September 2021, after a two-year experimental phase in 6 academies, the pHare programme (Preventing Harassment and Acting with Respect) has been generalised to all academies and concerns all schools and establishments. This programme has 8 pillars: measure, educate, train, intervene, associate, mobilise, monitor the impact and make available. Each school must train 10 student ambassadors and all educational staff. A digital platform provides educational content for students, ambassadors, parents and staff and monitoring tools for school leaders and supervisors. In addition, since the start of the 2021 academic year, a "regalian" square has been set up in each rectorate to provide a rapid response to each report, in line with the values of the Republic, the prevention of violence, radicalisation and the fight against harassment.
In France, the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport has been committed for several years to a public policy of prevention and fight against all forms of harassment, organised around 4 axes: awareness, prevention, training and care.
The aim is to eradicate a phenomenon that affects slightly more than 5% of the school population each year by proposing several actions throughout the country and by taking into account, from a very young age, the resurgence of cyber-violence and the extent of digital misuse.
In addition to a strengthened legal framework: creation of an offence of harassment applicable to the school setting (4 August 2014), protection against revenge porn and digital raids (226-2-1 of the Penal Code and 222-33), Article 5 of the law for a School of Confidence "No pupil should be subjected, by other pupils, to acts of harassment with the purpose or effect of degrading his or her learning conditions likely to infringe his or her rights and dignity or to alter his or her physical or mental health", the Ministry has launched 10 new measures in 2019 to combat harassment between pupils.
These measures include the inclusion in the Education Code of the right of children to attend school without harassment, the establishment of a platform dedicated to harassment (3020) and cyber harassment (3018), the introduction of a Non Au Harcèlement (NAH) (No to harassment) award in primary classes and a communication campaign for primary school pupils, and a prevention plan to combat harassment between pupils.
The NAH (Non Au Harcèlement) (No to harassment) programme, on a more participatory and transformative approach, enables schools to equip themselves with a resource team trained in dealing with harassment situations (teachers, psychologists, nurses, CPEs (Principal Education Counsellors), etc.), to raise parents' awareness of the signs of harassment, and to appoint student ambassadors. It sets up 10 hours of learning per year devoted to the issue of harassment for pupils in cycles 2, 3 and 4, awareness-raising meetings for parents and staff, participation in NAH day (organised on one day of the year) and a competition, and offers a number of resources (communication kits, a guide for parents, a school climate survey, the NAH label).
In September 2021, after a two-year experimental phase in 6 academies, the pHare programme (Preventing Harassment and Acting with Respect) has been generalised to all academies and concerns all schools and establishments. This programme has 8 pillars: measure, educate, train, intervene, associate, mobilise, monitor the impact and make available. Each school must train 10 student ambassadors and all educational staff. A digital platform provides educational content for students, ambassadors, parents and staff and monitoring tools for school leaders and supervisors. In addition, since the start of the 2021 academic year, a "regalian" square has been set up in each rectorate to provide a rapid response to each report, in line with the values of the Republic, the prevention of violence, radicalisation and the fight against harassment.
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