THE PRESIDENTS of this country’s two teachers’ unions are complaining about an increase in violence perpetrated by school children, but Mary Redman and Pedro Shepherd are at different ends of the table when it comes to solving the problem.
With reports of increased incidents of violence by students, Redman, head of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU), is calling for all teachers to be trained in self-defence.
Redman said teachers were at risk every day in schools, adding that students showing little respect for authority.
“We have situations in some parts of the USA where school boards provide training in self-defence for teachers, and that is a recommendation I believe is needed here as well. I see it as a matter that should be dealt with urgently,” Redman told the SUNDAY SUN.
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