Between January and August of this year, alerts on sexual aggressions exceeded in more than a thousand the total of those of 2024.
While in all 2024 the Ministry of Education of Bogotá received 6,036 reports of sexual violence in the capital schools, Between January and August 2025, the number of alerts reached 7,343, which warns of the need to Implement effective prevention measures for minors.
Already the Attorney General’s Office raised an alert for the district entity to review the problem and identify the causes of the increase in threats, But so far the answer has been insufficientaccording to Councilor Diana Diago, of the Democratic Center.
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Most alerts have registered In public schools, which reported 6,044 incidents. Private institutions documented 1,299. The greatest number of victims is concentrated in adolescence, from twelve to seventeen, with 3,520 reports.
Among childhood – age between six and eleven years – the alerts were 3,243, And between childhood – two to five years – 506. Ciudad Bolívar has been the most harmed Bogota town, with 1,011 cases, followed by Kennedy, with 983, and Bosa, with 927.
“The schools cannot be insecure sites for children,” said Diago, who criticized that the administration of Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán, in his concept, It does not concentrate on “intervening in reducing sexual violence with pedagogical campaigns “and prevention.
So far, the district has not ruled on the figures. However, the Secretary of Education, Isabel Segovia, said in March, before an alleged sexual abuse against a child under six years in a public school in Kennedy, which institutions do their job.
“Our duty, for the well -being of the students, It is to ensure that all the processes and protocols of attention are carried out correctly“Segovia said, to which Diago replied demanding from the administration of Galán a” determined action in favor of children. “
Source: Integrated information system
