Dominica: Fourth and fifth form students of the Dominica Grammar School staged an impromptu noisy protest outside the country’s Parliament, just before the proceedings of the House got underway on this morning, according to a Dominica News Online report.
Carrying placards, the students said they wanted to let the country’s Parliamentarians know about the existing situation at their school. “A student hit our teacher and now he’s very sick, teachers are not teaching because they want justice… we need security in the school, and nobody’s talking, nobody’s saying anything, so teachers not teaching and we are not learning”, one student told the DNO, emphasizing that mock exams were due in two weeks and students were worried about the situation. 
The young protesters’ chants included a loud “justice for Winston”, the teacher injured by a student last Tuesday. One of the students said justice meant ensuring that he got the money needed (EC$500) to have a scan performed because of the injuries he sustained in Tuesday’s attack.
The student crowd sang and chanted while on the front steps of the Parliament building, until a handful of policemen shooed them away, urging them to go home. Instead of dispersing however, the group headed into downtown Roseau, keen on making their voices heard in other parts of the capital, according to the DNO report.
Earlier students were sent home after some began throwing chairs and water bags in the school. “There is a riot in the school…Students are throwing chairs all over the place”, a student said.
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