Serious cases of school violence recently have raised strong alarm about the importance of educating children on respecting teachers and upholding morality, along with implementing measures to protect educators.

The Hanoi People's Committee has written to relevant bodies, urging the enhancement of cultural standards and for them to address behaviour issues within the educational sector.

Counseling for students should be increased to reduce violence in schools because there has been much school violence since the beginning of the year 2023-2024 despite the Ministry of Education and Training’s documents to prevent the problem.

Schools should not be a place where teachers used violence to express themselves or release their stress, but rather a place where fundamental moral values were upheld through proper and civilised behaviour, experts have said.

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Education and Training, there are nearly 1,600 cases of students fighting inside and outside the school each year. One out of 11,000 students is forced to drop out because of fighting each year.

School violence remains a serious concern of the education sector.

The Ministry of Education and Training has asked the Ho Chi Minh City administration to direct competent authorities to deal with a violence incident among students at a local international school.

Students returned to school after the April-May holiday and within three days, a number of controversies erupted.

More and more cases of students fighting each other have been reported recently.

A teacher in Thanh Hoa was disciplined for drinking beer with students, and a teacher in Binh Thuan fell down the stairs after she was criticized for beating a student. These incidents were among others that caught the public's attention last week.

When reading the news about a 10th grader in An Giang province who tried to commit suicide, Anh Hong in Hanoi shivered with fear.

School toilets have been a concern for students for many years. And not only students, but teachers and cleaners are also complaining.

Schools have been trying to prevent students from using foul language, and have even released regulations, but with little success.

One of the issues put into discussion at the eighth session of the 14th National Assembly was the abuse of students by their teachers.

Many students have complained on social networks that they have been punished by parents for unsatisfactory learning records in the first semester of the academic year.

Experts have voiced concern about young people's contempt for traditional values.

The deputy headmaster of a nursery school in the southern province of Binh Duong has been suspended following the case in which a little child was trampled on by their classmates.

Education experts believe that cameras alone will not help prevent school violence. To do so, it is necessary to apply many measures at the same time.

Many parents believe that schools have to take full responsibility for the maturation process of their children.