Georgetown : The Alliance For Change (AFC) notes with great concern the ongoing violence among students in schools.
The AFC recalls the experience of the Lodge Community High School where three incidents of violence occurred in one week.
The party notes that violence among students in schools continues in the face of a 10-point plan “to promote safe, acceptable behaviors and positive values in school”, as announced early last year by the Education Minister, Shaik Baksh. The party recognizes the inadequacy of, and the poor thinking that informs, the measures included in the 10-point plan, among which are: (1) the strengthening of the security systems in schools; (2) the searching of students at some schools; (3) the re-launching of a national mentoring programme that will be extended to all schools; and (4) the introduction of child-friendly schools in Region Two. The party also recognizes the lack of awareness that informs the Education Minister’s assertion that: “Too many parents abdicate their responsibility to pay some interest in the [sic] children’s school life.”
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