6th grade girl commits suicide, common password for tablet: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology "was inappropriate"

　In November 2020, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced to the Machida City Board of Education, etc. regarding the issue of a sixth-grade girl who attended Machida City Elementary School in Tokyo and committed suicide in November 2020 after complaining of bullying. confirmed the facts. The education ministry said it was "inappropriate."

　For female children, it is possible that bullying has become normalized through tablet devices developed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under the "GIGA School Concept" to promote the digitization of education. There is According to the bereaved family, it is believed that the swear words were written using a chat function that allows short sentences to be exchanged on a terminal during class.

　According to the Ministry of Education, at schools where female children were enrolled, personal IDs were a sequence of the year of enrollment and attendance numbers, and any current student could guess the IDs of other children. When logging in, the common password was "123456789". The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology acknowledged that it was "inappropriate in terms of managing personal information."

　The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology asked the city board of education to respond in accordance with the Act on Promotion of Measures to Prevent Bullying, such as staying close to the bereaved family.

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