A record 59,618 acts of violent behavior by children were logged by elementary, junior high and high schools nationwide in fiscal 2008, marking the third consecutive annual rise, the education ministry said Monday.
Reports of violent acts in junior high schools were up by some 6,000 from a year earlier, accounting for 72 percent of overall violence among children, the education ministry said.
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