In todays Trinidad Guardian Truancy cops back in schools The meeting, at the Education Ministry, Alexandra Street, St Clair, lasted two-and-a-half hours. Gopeesingh said it was called as a result of issues of indiscipline and violence but the majority of the schools were doing very well. He added: “There is no chaos in the education system. “There is a well behaved population. It has been highlighted and it goes viral. We are leaders in education. We have good performers in the SEA, CSEC and CAPE getting world prizes.” Nevertheless, he listed a number of measures to be taken to reduce violence in schools. Schools would have access to the Cadet Force, a crisis management support team, mentors, truancy officers, social workers, counsellors, police youth clubs, student enhancement learning centres, community and parenting counselling, he said. They would also partner with the chuch and 18 denominational school boards, he added. [ Click the link to read this article in full guardian.co.tt/news/2014-11-12/truancy-cops-back-schools ]
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:55:00 +0000
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