Half of the Students in Colombia Suffer from School Violence

Posted on August 5, 2011 • Filed under: Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Social Issues

•According to a study by UNESCO, half of the students in Colombia suffer from violence in school, and that it affects more students with poorer performance in reading and mathematics.
•The RCN La Radio article states that the violence and abuse is divided into different areas: theft with 39.4% of the violence, verbal abuse with 26.6% and physical violence at 16.5%.
•The study was carried out taking into account many Latin American countries and revealed Argentina as the country with the most cases of violence in schools and Cuba with the least.Read Article

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