Minister of Education Ronald Jones intends to “pluck” out students who commit violent acts and create havoc in schools.
He sent a stern warning to the perpetrators yesterday while speaking at Ellerslie School, where a student suffered lacerations to an arm, had a finger severed and another partially severed in a cutlass attack by another student last Wednesday.
In stressing that no student would be allowed to be a “terror” in Barbados, Jones said the authorities might have to get militant.
“We have to pluck them out sooner rather than later, and place them in other institutions. We have some now, but we’re going to have to maybe reformat a bit to help society. The Barbados Defence Force and the National Youth Service will have to be so resourced. If you’re 13 years old and you want to be disruptive and want to give trouble, we’re going to have to do some work with you. You can’t be a terror in Barbados,” the minster declared. (YB)
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