Bullying may be rising in Indian schools in absence of any action
Bullying is ignored in most schools, there is little effort to counsel students, and what’s sorely missing is the notion of collective accountability
Updated At : 05:28 AM Nov 09, 2025 IST
Bullying appears to be insidiously and rapidly festering in Indian classrooms, and inaction is making it worse. iStock (The photo is for representational purposes only)
At least 40-50 per cent of children endure bullying in the institutional care of schools and private coaching centres across India, according to multiple UNICEF studies. Such perturbing statistics often get lost in the corridors of schools — dismissed as isolated incidents or buried under hackneyed whispers of “grow some thick skin, it’s part of growing up”. Yet, from time to time, the brutality resurfaces in ways that could put even William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ to shame.
