Racism forced my daughter to move primary schools, mum says

The number of incidents of racism or racist bullying recorded in Scotland's schools increased by 50% last year, figures obtained by BBC Scotland News reveal.

According to Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to all 32 councils there were more than 3,600 incidents last year, compared to 2,400 the year before.

Campaigners say the true figure will be far higher as councils are not complying with Scottish government guidance to log all incidents properly.

The Scottish government said one of the reasons for the increase could be improved reporting.

Ekta's daughter Anisa was only seven when she started getting taunted for the colour of her skin.

Her mother says Anisa became quiet and withdrawn at home and she could not understand what was the matter.

It was only months later that Anisa broke down in tears and alerted her mother to what was going on.

Ekta says she immediately went to the headteacher and a child was asked to apologise to her daughter.

She says the school asked her daughter to accept the apology but in the following months the bullying and racism continued.

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