Les chiffres donnent le tournis et inquiètent. Plus de 87 000 actes incidents à caractère raciste ont été recensés dans les écoles de Grande-Bretagne entre 2007 et 2011. Première ville concernée, Birmingham.
L’islamophobie grandissante dans certaines régions explique en partie ces chiffres.
« We are seeing a real increase in racism in some areas which is down to factors like a growth of Islamaphobia in society which is filtering into classrooms, » said Ms Soyei.
« Racism towards eastern European and gypsy and traveller communities is also on the increase, » she added.
Teaching unions say the key to tackling the problem in schools is through education for both teachers and students.
Charities have been delivering anti-racism lessons in schools across the country in an attempt to educate young people against racism.
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