The report aims to monitor the incidents of violence & crime inside educational institutions (pre higher education) in Egypt during the period 2014-2017.The report contains the incidents which were referred to administrative & criminal investigation and the incidents which were published in the press only, except same cases which will be presented in the research methodology.The number of incidents was 362 in 2014, 377 in 2015, 184 in 2016, and 465 in 2017. The total number of incidents in the four year period was 1379.
The timeline of the monitoring process showed that the highest total of human losses took place in the first half of 2017 with a total of 1947 incidents (996 males, 951 females).While the first half of 2014 was the first in number of deaths with a total of 25 (19 males, 6 females), the first half of 2016 was the lowest in number of injured with a total of 239 (130 males, 109 females) and the second half of 2016 was the lowest in number of deaths with a total of 4 (1 male, 3 females).
The geographical analysis showed that Giza governorate was first with 139 incidents then Sohag with 110, then Dakahlia with 93 incidents, whereas the borders and coastal governorates had the lowest number of incidents as follows, 3 in South Sinai, 10 in Matruh, 11 in Ismailia and 12 in North Sinai.
The geographical track of human losses shown, 70% of human losses were centralized in 5 governorates. Beheira governorate had the largest number with 20 death cases (14 males, 6 females), as for injured Sohag came first with 1868 cases (966 males, 902 females) where Beheira came second with 359 cases (185 males, 174 females).
As for the education levels during the four years, the primary level ranked the first with 522 incidents, the preparatory level came second with 278 incidents, then the general secondary level with 277 incidents and the military secondary came at the end with 5 incidents.
The monitoring showed that 56% of physical assaults incidents took place in the “preschool” level and 43% in the “preparatory” level.
33% of sexual assaults and sexual harassments incidents happened in different educational levels in “intellectual education” schools, 19% of them in the preschool level.
As for the categorization of the educational institutions, the monitoring showed that the mixed and the boys’ schools ranked first with 520 incidents each and the girls’ schools came second with 169 incidents.In public schools there were 1244 incidents, 697 of them resulted in “physical effects”, 168 incidents involved “human factor” and 165 incidents of “exams violations”. In private schools only 103 incidents took place during the same period 2014-2017, 59 of them resulted in “physical effects” and 29 incidents involved “human factor”.
The monitoring showed that 93% of injured occurred in public schools, while 5% occurred in private schools.As for human losses 42% happened in public schools whereas 54% in private schools.
The monitoring showed that the highest total of injured occurred in the primary level with 4582 incidents, the preparatory level has the second largest number of 454 incidents.20 deaths happened in the preparatory level whereas 19 happened in hospitality and tourism secondary.
Physical assault incidents were the most prevalent inside educational institutions in Egypt with a total of 488 incidents, of which 12% took place in Giza governorate.Incidents of fire came next with a total of 116 incidents, 10.3% of them happened in Sohag governorate, motor vehicle accidents followed with 20 incidents, of which 40% took place in Giza governorate.
The monitoring showed that 448 physical assault incidents took place in public schools, while 35 incidents happened in private schools. 79 incidents of sexual “harassment/assault” happened in public schools, whereas 14 incidents took place in private schools.
Motor vehicle incidents occurred in public and private schools with a total of 5 and 12 respectively.
During the years 2014-2017 nearly 1843 students (males, females) suffered from infectious diseases like favus, chickenpox and mumps. 2755 students (males, females) – developed food poisoning from school meals.Also motor vehicle accidents caused the death of 38 students during the same period.
The monitoring showed that incidents which resulted in “physical effects” were the most occurring with a total of 768 incidents, incidents that involved “human factor” came next with a total of 206 incidents while incidents which resulted in “moral effects” were the least occurring with a total of 37 incidents.
The monitoring has provided a statistical track of the reactions of those affected by all forms of damage.During the years 2014-2017, there were submitted communications for approximately 672 incidents, filing complaints for 23 incidents, 511 incidents were investigated by officials, 7 incidents resulting in protest action and the victims tried to report 25 incidents using the media.
The report stated that criminal proceedings were pursued for approximately 1478 injured and 66 death cases; and administrative complaint proceedings were pursued for approximately 3970 injured and 7 death cases.
The total of service recipients’ victims inside educational institutions was 5673, while total of service providers’ victims was 294 and 4 victims from outside educational institutions.
With regard to the type of action taken by the competent authorities, there were approximately 666 incidents for which criminal action was taken, 557 administrative procedures and in 27 cases the media was used as a procedure that may contribute in their final decisions.
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