Georgetown: The Ministry of Education Schools Welfare Department has embarked upon several weeks of behavioural change intervention with selected groups of students of the Charlestown Secondary and Dolphin Secondary Schools.
The intervention sessions came as a result of reports of frequent fights between students from the two schools.
The continuous quarrels between the students prompted the department to engage the attention of the police who now would patrol the areas frequently. As a result, the fights and quarrels have since declined.
The ongoing sessions provide opportunities to teach the children about the importance of respect, conflict management, communication skills and values among others.
Chief School Welfare Officer, Ms. Glenna Bailey Vyphius said that sessions at each school will run for six weeks. To culminate the weeks of behavioural change training the Ministry will issue a certificate of participation to each child.
Ms. Vyphius said that her department intends to take the same programme to other other schools in the new school term.
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