HATE-FILLED threats, abuse and harassment sent anonymously online make up an increasing proportion of the 60 serious incident reports filed in state schools each week.
Government schools report almost 600 serious incidents a term — 60 a week — of which about 10 per cent involve cyber bullying, sexting or misuse of the internet.
The latest serious incident reports released by the NSW Department of Education detail one incident in which cyber-bullying victim resorted to trying to cut herself in a school toilet, while a boy in northern Sydney used his Digital Education Revolution laptop to find information about bomb-making.
The 589 serious incident reports for term three last year marked an increase of more than 200 on terms one and two.
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