According to the information revealed by the State security forces and bodies and provided by the State Government to the Congress of Deputies, Canarias is the fourth autonomy with the highest number of complaints for school bullying. Specifically, the archipelago suffers a year around 100 cases, figure surpassed only by Andalusia (255) with the communities of Madrid (170) and Valenciana (129).
In addition, Canary Islandsrepeated its position of fourth region in suicide rate, with 9,5 per one hundred thousand inhabitants, when the Spanish average is 7,76. These are data provided by the Ministry of Health where they indicate that 34,8% of suicide attempts occur in people between 15 and 24 years, this being the age group with the most suicide attempts.
Suicide is a very complex phenomenon in which many variables intervene, not only psychological, but also social, biological, interpersonal and even sociological. Facts that in many ways are related to the bullying or bullying In Spain, around two million children suffer bullying. A figure that can increase dramatically since in fact the majority of children suffer in silence this type of harassment. The fear of denouncing, the lack of social values and the scarce training of teachers are some of the reasons why bullying is rampant.
In the last 5 years, Canary Islandshave registered 600 complaints. But we must remember that the police report is the "last resort" to face the bullying, since there are previous services such as the specific telephone service number (800 007 368), as well as the department of Positive Coexistence of the Ministry of Education and Universities of the Government of the Canary Islands. There are other resources, such as Association against Bullying in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ACAELP).
Besides, the Ministry of Education It has a team of professionals formed by psychologists and psychologists specialized in the problem of bullying, and provides advice and guidance to the other educational agents of the Canarian School Community (fathers, mothers, teachers ...) on the measures to be taken in case of Know the existence of bullying.