THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS in education and those who work with children will be going into a huddle to come up with a plan to deal with the escalating violence among schoolchildren.
The move comes after videos making the rounds show girls from the Lester Vaughan School and the Grantley Adams Memorial School unmercifully beating one of their own. There were also reports of flare-ups at other secondary schools and at least one City primary school.
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, who has oversight of the Boys’ and Girls’ Government Industrial Schools, says he is willing to help convene such a meeting because the extent of the problem needs an “overarching plan”.
Brathwaite, who spoke to the SATURDAY SUN after officially reopening the Arch Hall Fire Station and Fire Academy yesterday, said there was a memorandum of understanding with the ministries of Education and Home Affairs, the Government Industrial Schools, the Probation Department and other like departments. (HLE/AD)
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