Schools are required to report on racist incidents and Surrey has produced annual reports on the information provided. We know from this information that racist incidents can occur in any school in any part of Surrey. It is important to report racist incidents as this enables both schools and the County to identify trends and work together to address the issue. Schools should recognise that reporting these incidents will be seen as evidence of their capacity to confront this problem and not as a reflection on their effectiveness.
Developing our capacity to respond effectively to racist incidents and reducing the likelihood of their occurrence are essential to the achievement of Every Child Matter outcomes. Schools can make a positive contribution and help improve all children’s lives by creating a safe learning environment where all children feel valued and can enjoy and achieve.
By taking the lead in sending a clear message that racism will not be tolerated, schools can help improve their pupils’ lives and contribute to community cohesion and to a healthier society in general.
Why does the NUT not find anti-racism reporting offensive but action to prevent the radicalisation of Muslim pupils is? Why would the NUT oppose a programme of safeguarding Muslim pupils designed to ‘help improve their pupils’ lives and contribute to community cohesion and to a healthier society in general.’
The Islamists of Cage approve of the NUT stand…
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) have accused the PREVENT strategy of conflating “a notion of British values and an elastic notion of non-violent extremism that is shutting down that debate.” A senior member of the NUT executive added it was a “blunt instrument”. Moreover the guidance requiring schools to report any concerns about pupils, has been described by the NUT as heavy-handed and could see teachers facing prosecution for failing to report to police any suspicions they had about pupils.
The Reverend Adrian Goldberg has another sermon today…this time on the iniquities of the Prevent programme…as always the BBC doing the work of the Islamists by attacking the anti-terrorist/radicalisation programme…why would Muslims, and it is not just the ‘radicals’ who are at war against Prevent, want to close down this check on Islamist recruitment and thought?
Goldberg suggests that too many Muslim children are being referred by teachers for possibly being susceptible to being radicalised. The NUT of course is disgusted at the Prevent programme that is apparently stigmatising Muslims….never mind that it is actually attempting to rescue them from being radicalised…and the younger they are the more susceptible they are.
The NUT however has no problem about similar programmes to prevent racism, and especially, guess….yeah…Islamophobia….the NUT is delighted to ‘Show Racism the Red Card’.
The NUT is delighted to support this research which makes some very interesting findings about the barriers to challenging racism in schools. The NUT is totally committed to ensuring that our schools are safe places for all children.
Here’s the NUT on how children must be educated about the Middle East…not to prevent radicalisation but to protect Jewish, and of course Muslim, children from racism.
Advice from the National Union of Teachers
Conflict in the Middle East –issues for schools
They quote this…
“If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Perhaps begin with the children by preventing them from becoming Muslim extremists….so often due to biased reporting about the Middle East and how the West behaves? NO to that says the NUT. The NUT comes up with some worthy rhetoric but why then does it oppose Prevent?…..
The life of a school is strongly influenced by such outside factors and poses a challenge to teachers.
Teachers at some schools, for example, face the sensitive task of responding to pupils’
reactions, more so Muslim and Jewish pupils’ reactions to the events. The NUT is confident
that members will continue to rise to the challenge of educating individuals who can
contribute to a more peaceful future.
The NUT thinks that pupils may need ‘conflict resolution’ services to deal with racism…..conflict resolution? And the NUT doesn’t think there is a problem with radicalisation?……
Schools should be vigilant for any signs of
graffiti, name calling, abuse and bullying,
particularly of Asian, Middle Eastern,
Muslim or Jewish pupils, and for any signs
of tension between pupils and take
appropriate action.
• Schools should reiterate to teachers, pupils
and parents their policies and procedures
for tackling racial or religious harassment.
• Any taunting or abuse on grounds of
assumed or actual membership of an ethnic
or religious community should be firmly but
sensitively dealt with as part of the whole
school approach to tackling discrimination
and racism.
• It may be appropriate, if tensions are
observed, to hold a school assembly or class
discussion so that pupils can voice their
feelings in a controlled and secure
atmosphere. The situation may require
opportunities for individual pupils to receive
counselling away from the classroom on a
one-to-one basis. Support should be offered
to both the recipients and the perpetrators
of religious or racial harassment.
• Counselling, mediation and support.
• Take advantage of curriculum opportunities
such as, Citizenship education and religious
education about world faiths.
• It may be helpful to hold discussions and
undertake activities around conflict
resolution.
• Pupils should be reminded of the respect
due to all ethnic and religious communities.
Schools should reiterate to teachers, pupils
and parents their policies and procedures
for tackling racial or religious harassment.
The BBC is responsible for much of the anti-Western, pro-Islamist propaganda that feeds the Islamist narrative…why wouldn’t it also be opposed to the government’s anti-radicalisation programme?