Following a serious stabbing incident involving two students of Parkinson Memorial Secondary School yesterday, president of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) Rudy Lovell has warned the Government that decisive intervention in the myriad problems at schools is urgently required.
In a release, the Ministry of Education said in conjunction with principal Captain Adrian Ward, it was investigating an incident that resulted in the stabbing of two boys at separate locations yesterday.
It said one received superficial injuries to his shoulder and the tip of the third finger, and was taken to the Edgar Cochrane Polyclinic, while the other received an injury to the abdomen and was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).
“He is in serious but stable condition [at the QEH]. The other students involved in the incident have since been interrogated and suspended. The ministry sent one of their officers to the school to assist with information gathering as police investigations continue into the matter. We will continue working with the Barbados Police Service and school officials and update the public accordingly,” the ministry stated. (AH)
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Stories such as this one always brings me back to the days when I was tormented at school days in and out.
However I was able to make it to an old lady without stabbing or physically hurting another student.
Did I wanted, too? Yes…However, I had dreams….Dreams that would bring me to where I am today.
I hope the parents of these children who seems to want to throw their lives away, teach their children the value of life while they are in diapers.
Life is precious and we only get one life to live.
Therefore we need to take special care of it.
These youngsters need more than a prison cell. Because it seems as though a trip to prison is glorified.
I pray black young men would start to value their lives and the lives of others!
The government and lawmakers need to come up with something other than prison to treat these youngsters.
Because it isn’t working. I understand this happened all over the world!
However, Barbados is a very tiny island and it would be nice if it could be an example maker. I can dream?