More frighteningly, cases of students ganging up on classmates being filmed and posted on social networks are like a morbid "achievement".
Two new incidents occurring in Lam Dong and Dak Lak are no longer isolated cases, further showing the alarming reality of school violence.
An 8th grade student was beaten to hospital by a group of classmates, and a 7th grade female student was assaulted by her senior, with broken ribs and multiple injuries.
What the community is worried about and uneasy about is that violence among young people and students tends to increase.
Not to mention, classmates are beaten, but other students do not intervene. Fear, indifference or complicity are all bad attitudes.
It is worth mentioning that the violence is no longer limited to spontaneous clashes, but is organized, with clips filmed and then spread.
Indifference spreads no less quickly than the speed of online sharing.
One child takes action, other children stand and watch, cheer, even record videos, that is no longer a behavior that deviates from personal standards, but a sign of a problematic educational environment.
At the beginning of 2026, Directive No. 03/CT-TTg on preventing and repelling school violence of the Prime Minister was issued, with a decisive message: no more delays.
The directive states the viewpoint "6 clear" including clear people, clear tasks, clear authority, clear responsibility, clear time, clear results. This is not just an administrative slogan, but must be an action principle.
But reality is raising a frank question, has responsibility been clarified yet?
It is impossible to continue the familiar handling method, holding reviews, drawing experience, and then... silence.
Each case of violence must be handled thoroughly, who loosens management, who detects late, who evades responsibility. If these questions cannot be answered, all directives will only remain on paper.
Schools cannot only teach letters but neglect to teach people. Organizations cannot stand aside.
But above all, families cannot leave their children to school and then be startled when their children become victims, or worse, perpetrators.
An aggressive child who beats people is the result of lack of care, lack of correction, and may even be infected with violence from their own living environment.
School violence is not about "children fighting", it is the seed of crime, a crack in social morality.
If not stopped from the root, today's punches could become more dangerous behaviors than tomorrow.
It is time not to ask why school violence occurs, but to ask who is responsible when it continues?
