School administrators are being encouraged to utilise the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Security and Safety Policy in dealing with student infractions at the institutions.
This urging by Portfolio Minister, Fayval Williams, comes against the background of violent student altercations, one fatal, occurring at several high schools since the start of 2022.
While acknowledging that principals and other school administrators are cognisant of how to treat with such incidents in the general management of their institutions, and endeavour to continually do so, the Minister said the Policy is available for their referral and invited them to “revisit, reread and reacquaint” themselves with the document.
She was speaking at a recent Ministry semi-virtual press conference on school security and safety.
