senior high school pupils acting as mentors to those in younger years, putting mutual respect at the core of relationships
West Lothian is pioneering a project in schools which aims to tackle the root causes of domestic assaults and gender based violence in society.
Many report an end to the "bystander" mentality, with pupils prepared to engage with senior pupils and staff to prevent fights and classroom violence. Mr Berginis added: "The programme seeks to improve pupil understanding of key issues related to gender based violence such as healthy relationships, consent, gender equality and negative stereotypes.
Mr Berginis said: "If we can get that right then we can create a generation of young people who act respectfully in their own relationships as teenagers and then when they grow to become adults we might finally start to see domestic abuse statistics improving." By the end of the 23/24 session, 234 senior pupils were trained as MVP mentors across eleven secondary schools, an increase from 158 on session 22/23.
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