Racism in British schools

At first glance瀏覽 the headline figure is shocking. The numbers obtained獲得 under the Freedom of Information Act included responses from 90 local authorities. It suggests that despite儘管 years of improved racism awareness意識 the problem is far from beaten打破.

14-year-old Khadeja Fahat a Muslim pupil學生 at a school in Cheshire in the north west of England endured忍受 regular bouts較量 of Islamophobic伊斯蘭恐懼症 abuse and her education suffered. She was eventually forced to change schools.

But whilst雖然 expressing their abhorrence增惡 at such stories, some anti-racism campaigners have argued主張 that the statistics may reflect increased增加 awareness意識 of the problem in schools and a preparedness to tackle it rather than a simple increase.

Yet other teachers say the figures may be an underestimate低估 as many verbal口頭 incidents are simply dealt處理 with immediately and never get reported at all. One anti-racism charity says there has been a growth in racist bullying欺凌 towards Muslims students, and those from Roma, Gypsy and travelling communities.

But the Government has now dropped the requirement on all local authorities to report such incidents arguing the exercise is bureaucratic官僚 and that schools are best placed to decide how to tackle racism. But the question remains if the statistics are incomplete how will anyone know if progress is being made or indeed if more radical action激烈行動 is needed?

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