same time, she concludes that the actions taken are largely ineffective. So far, the relevant authorities cannot ensure the prohibition and elimination of forms of discrimination and violence between children and against children in educational institutions. According to the Children’s Ombudsman, the results of the measures taken are limited due to the lack of knowledge and skills of teachers and administrative staff to manage conflict situations, lack of information and understanding of the danger of violence against children and root causes, and lack or insufficient number of psychologists in educational institutions. Efforts are focused more on symptoms and consequences than on causes. The application of the legal framework in practice is unsatisfactory, the existing strategies are more fragmented than unified and do not have their expected effect, and the financial means allocated to solve these problems are inadequate. Opinions and practices spread in society and culture contribute to the persistence of violence. The Children’s Ombudsman emphasizes that taking into account and eliminating widespread practices of violence against children is one of the primary obligations of relevant authorities. Ensuring and encouraging the fundamental rights of children to ensure respect for human dignity and respect for their physical and mental integrity by preventing all forms of violence is the most important action to promote the rights of all children in accordance with the Convention. The opinion of the People's Advocate for Children’s Rights in this chapter is also supported by the Report on “Bullying among adolescents in the Republic of Moldova194”, prepared and submitted by UNICEF Moldova. The Report states that "School violence, in all its forms, is a violation of children's rights to education, health and welfare." The People's Advocate for Children’s Rights proposed supplementing the Education Code with a new principle of "nonviolence" and introducing a new chapter on the elimination of violence in educational institutions, and that bullying be defined by the provisions of a separate article. Another aspect analyzed by the People's Advocate for Children’s Rights during the reporting period is the compatibility of the national curriculum with the international standard on the development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 194 https://www.unicef.org/moldova/media/3146/file/Bullyingul%20%C3%AEn%20r%C3%A2ndul%20adolescen%C8%9Bilor%20din%20Republica%20Moldova.pdf 122