Half of students aged 13 to 15 worldwide &ndash; about 150 million &ndash; have experienced some form of violence at school, particularly bullying, according to Unicef. A survey by the Mental Health Department has shown that about 600,000 Thai children are bullied at school, accounting for 40 per cent of all students and making Thailand No 2 in the world for the problem, behind Japan.

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