Chiba University and Keiai University, Kashiwa City Board of Education, Chiba Prefecture, NPO Corporate Education Study Group, and "STOPit", an anonymous reporting / consultation app sales agent, have introduced the app to junior high schools in Kashiwa City. However, nine times as many consultations as telephone and e-mail were received, and it became clear that about 9% of them were related to bullying.
According to Chiba University, the number of consultations received by phone or e-mail in 2017 was 1 by phone and 12 by e-mail, for a total of 3 cases, while the number of consultations received by the app reached 15. bottom.
The content of consultations using the app was 27.8 cases, in which bullying of the person himself / herself accounted for 37% of the total, and 8.3 cases in which bullying other than the person himself / herself accounted for 11%.Other than bullying, there were 10 consultations on club activities, 8 internet troubles, 16 consultations on teacher guidance, and 27 other consultations.
There were 646 cases of bullying recognized at junior high schools in Kashiwa City, slightly higher than the 624 cases in the previous year, but most of the consultations and reports were using the app.
Chiba University and others are implementing an educational program "Our Choices" to prevent bullying and cyberbullying from all 20 junior high schools in Kashiwa City for all first graders, and a form describing how to use the app. Was distributed to all students.
Developed by the US Spirit Group, the app allows anyone who has been bullied or witnessed to anonymously report and consult with school organizers.Selected by the US news channel CNN as one of the "5 Best Apps to Help Change the World".
