Alert for Sexual Violence in Schools

School sexual violence still occurs occasionally. This should be a warning about the crisis of sexual violence in educational settings.

Sexual violence perpetrated against 15 female students by a caretaker at a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Batang, Central Java (Kompas, 12/4/2023), brings to mind a similar incident in 2021 that affected 13 female students in Bandung municipality, West Java. Similar incidents continue to occur in schools, mostly boarding schools.

A 2021 report from the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) recorded 18 cases of school sexual violence. In 2022, incidents of sexual violence were reported at 17 schools.