Beijing court re-educating young bullies

Pilot program involves series of short courses aimed at changing behavior

A Beijing court has been testing a way to educate and correct young bullies, in a move to help them return to school. If the program is successful, it will be expanded to young people who have committed other offenses, it said.

The correction takes the form of training courses organized by the capital's Tongzhou District People's Court. The courses began on Monday with 14 girls, 15 to 17 years old, who had been punished for bullying on campus.