“DESPITE HOW IT may seem, we are not at war in our schools.”
Minister of Education Ronald Jones issued that statement yesterday in reference to recent stories about student-on-teacher violence at various Barbadian schools.
And he suggested that the stories be taken with a grain of salt. He called for teachers to play a greater role in preventing conflicts.
Jones was speaking to the media after the donation of 160 chairs from The Aron & Christina Foundation to Harrison College.
He said he was concerned over how parents and children treated teachers, he said he was also concerned about how teachers reacted to them. (AD)
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