A screenshot from an uploaded bullying video online in an Ateneo de Manila campus toilet room.
MANILA, Philippines – Ateneo de Manila University president Jose Ramon Villarin on Sunday (December 23) released the school’s decision on its investigation on the bullying incident caught on viral video that caused outrage on social media.
In his statement posted on Ateneo de Manila University’s Facebook page on Sunday, Villarin said: “After a thorough investigation that included listening to all parties involved, the decision of the administration is to impose the penalty of DISMISSAL on the student caught bullying another student in the comfort room of the school.”
Villarin added that the school has created a task force to “conduct a comprehensive study” and “ensure an independent audit” of its anti-bullying policies and measures in order to eventually recommend policies that would create a “safer and bully-free environment”.
Villarin, however, appealed to the public to help heal the wounds by not spreading the video and refrain from making bad comments online or bullying the bully on social media.
“We can summon the courage to stop fighting one another. We have the power too. We can begin by refusing to add fuel to the fire and helping our children and one another heal,” he said.
By dismissal, Villarin said the bully student is no longer allowed to come back to study in the Ateneo de Manila University. – Marje Pelayo
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