New hotline allocated for school bullying reports in the UAE

The Ministry of the Interior (MoI), represented by the Committee for Child Protection, reported that it had specified a hotline to receive bullying reports from schools around the country through dialing the number 116111. In addition to their mobile application “Himayati”. The committee also provides several preventive measures, such as raising awareness among parents, which prevents recurrence of bullying incidents.

The Ministry warned against two types of bullying, the first occurring in the real world, where a student is assaulted by his or her colleagues in or around the school. The second is cyber bullying, where the child is under a threat or attack through the Internet, pointing out that «bullying is a global problem».

Parents are advised to devote multiple times during the day to sit with their children to play and listen to them. Parents are also urged to communicate with the Child Protection Center and not to hesitate in case their children were subjected to any type of violence.