"Even If You Speak Out About School Violence Victimization"... 1 in 3 Cases Remain Unresolved

Over 90% "Reported the Damage"
30% 'Unresolved' Regardless of Type of Violence

One in three students who experienced school violence (hakpok) reported that even after informing their parents, school, or counseling agencies about the incident, the issue remained unresolved. This was common regardless of the type of school violence, including verbal abuse, extortion, and group bullying.

On the 3rd, the Korea Educational Development Institute released the "2022 First School Violence Survey Analysis Report." This report analyzed the results of a comprehensive survey on school violence conducted last year among students from 4th grade elementary to 3rd grade high school in 16 metropolitan and provincial offices of education, excluding Jeonbuk.

Among students who experienced school violence, 90.8% reported the incident, indicating the majority did so. By school level, elementary students had the lowest reporting rate at 89.9%, followed by middle school at 93.0%, and high school at 95.0%, showing a tendency to report incidents more actively as students advance to higher grades.

However, about 30% of the victims who reported the incidents said the issues were not resolved.

Among students who reported or informed others about verbal abuse (39,396 students), 35.3% (13,889 students) said the problem was not resolved. Similarly, students who experienced other types of violence showed comparable unresolved rates: cyberbullying 31.6%, group bullying 29.4%, physical violence 28.9%, coercion 27.2%. Additionally, the unresolved rates for extortion were 33.0%, sexual violence 32.8%, and stalking 32.6%.

In particular, at the elementary school level, verbal abuse had the highest unresolved rate at 36.5%. In middle school, sexual violence was most often unresolved at 31.8%, and in high school, extortion had the highest unresolved rate at 37.2%.

When asked to rate the degree of help received after reporting the incident on a 5-point scale, elementary students averaged 3.57 points, middle school students 3.59 points, and high school students 3.35 points, indicating that high school students received the least help. Furthermore, female students (3.46 points) reported receiving less help than male students (3.63 points).

Despite experiencing school violence, 9.2% of students answered that they did not inform anyone. The reasons given by elementary and middle school students were mostly "I thought it was not a big deal" and "I tried to solve it myself," while high school students cited "I thought it was not a big deal" and "I felt it would be useless to talk about it."