16/06/2026
Today(16 June 2026),I feel deeply disturbed as a Bhutanese, as a parent figure, and as someone who has worked in schools for about 12 years.
The video of a young school girl being bullied, beaten, and humiliated by other students is not just “one incident.” It is a warning sign for our whole nation.
A school is supposed to be one of the safest places for a child. It is where children should learn knowledge, discipline, kindness, respect, and humanity. But when a child is attacked inside a classroom, surrounded by other students, we must all ask ourselves: where are we failing?
In my nearly 12 years of working in school, I rarely saw such serious incidents. Whenever I noticed any form of bullying, teasing, or disrespectful behaviour, I was strongly against it. Besides my regular teaching duty, I sincerely tried to prevent such behaviour because I always believed that education is not only about books and exams. It is also about shaping good human beings.
That is why this incident is extremely painful to watch. It makes us question not only what happened inside that classroom, but also what kind of values our children are learning from home, school, friends, and social media.
We cannot only blame social media. We cannot only blame the school. We cannot only blame parents. This is a shared responsibility of family, school, community, and society.
When children find entertainment in insulting, mocking, filming, and humiliating others, it means we are slowly losing important values. When other students watch silently instead of helping, it means fear and cruelty are becoming normal. When such videos become viral, the victim suffers again and again.
This is not the time for gossip. This is not the time to share the video for views. This is the time to protect the child, support the family, and make sure such violence never happens again.
Schools must take bullying seriously before it becomes physical violence. Parents must know what their children are doing, who they are spending time with, and what kind of behaviour they are learning. Teachers and school leaders must create a safe space where every student can speak up without fear.
Most importantly, children must be taught that strength is not beating someone weaker. Strength is standing up for someone who cannot defend themselves.
As a small nation that talks about compassion, values, and Gross National Happiness, we must ask ourselves honestly: are we really teaching our children empathy and kindness?
Today it is someone else’s child. Tomorrow it could be yours, mine, or someone we love.
Let this incident be a national wake-up call. Bhutan must do better. Our schools must do better. Parents must do better. Society must do better.
No child should ever feel unsafe in school.
No child should be beaten, humiliated, filmed, and shared online.
No child’s pain should become public entertainment.
We can and must do better.
Note: This is my personal opinion and concern as a former educator and citizen. It is not intended to defame, accuse, or target any individual, school, family, or institution. My only intention is to raise awareness against bullying and to encourage safer, kinder, and more responsible environments for our children.
