The Deputy Gilberth Jimenez Silesof the National Liberation Party (PLN) of Costa Rica, proposed to the Minister of Public Education of that country, Anna Katharina Müller, that they place Boxing ‘rings’ in educational centers. His argument is that the measure will reduce violence in colleges and schools.
This was stated by the legislator to the head of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) in a letter sent to her on September 20. In it he states that his initiative is due to “the wave of violence and scenarios of fights, bullying and others” that occur in various educational circuits.
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With this we would avoid clandestine and high-danger fights for the materials and tools that students can use
According to Jiménez, former mayor of Desamparados, the quadrilaterals would serve for the students to discharge their stress or their desire to fight and they do it through a “contest, legally, with the entire security team.”
The suggestion that boxing be practiced in schools would take place “among students who voluntarily want to participate,” as long as each fight is “regulated by a referee,” who according to the PLN deputy could be a physical education teacher.
“With this we would avoid Clandestine and high-danger fights over materials and tools that students may use to inflict harm or pain on other students”, said the Verdiblanco.
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Psychologist: ‘The initiative is not viable’
Psychologist Wendy Zúñiga, coordinator of the Sports Psychology Commission of the College of Professionals in Psychology, explained to La Nación, from Costa Rica, that the initiative is not viable, for various reasons.
To begin with, he emphasized that there are studies that certify that the equipment to practice this sport does not fully protect and that would imply exposing schoolchildren to concussions.
“The schools need to create a culture of peace and implement policies against aggressionbecause they are spaces for socialization, learning and everything points to the fact that the best solution lies in prevention, through education in values, where students improve their social relationships, their ability to communicate, and the management of emotions.
“It is not that we put a ring and that the physics professors watch as referees that the boys are going to solve everything through blows”, commented the professional.
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Zúñiga pointed out that, although well-understood and applied sport generates changes at the psychic, psychological and social levels, this implies the accompaniment of specialized professionals.
The psychologist added that it would be necessary to ask if there is specific training in the MEP so that teachers deal with situations of violence, bullying and bullying.
Also, he said that not all educational centers in the country have physical education teachers, not even the infrastructure, equipment or budget to implement an idea of this type.
“It would be necessary to see the scientific theoretical support of a proposal of this type”, Zúñiga questioned about the deputy’s approach.
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A few days before Gilberth Jiménez sent the letter to the MEP, a fight had occurred at the Monseñor Rubén Odio high school, in the Desamparados center, which left a student in a delicate condition after being stabbed.
Months ago, in April, a student had found a 38 caliber revolver inside that same educational center.
Asked about Müller’s reaction to his proposal, Jiménez replied, through his press officer, that he has not yet received a response.
The authorities of the Ministry of Public Education launched campaigns to ensure peaceful coexistence, after the return of students to face-to-face lessons, halted for almost two years by the covid-19 pandemic.
According to the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), the return of confinement due to the pandemic generated this increase in violenceand serious threats, attempted homicides, thefts and dissemination of child pornography among adolescents were reported.
THE NATION / COSTA RICA (GDA)
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