Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that an anti-violence pilot programme initiated at the Campbellville Secondary School last year has seen success, as there has been a decrease in reported incidents of violence.
Speaking to Stabroek News last Wednesday, Manickchand said that the programme involved increased parental involvement, extracurricular activities, and clear expectations outlined in contracts signed by parents and students. Due to its success, she said the ministry plans on replicating it in other schools with similar issues.
“I know our programme at Campbellville, I think I feel comfortable saying that it has worked… It was a programme specific to Campbellville; getting more extracurricular activities on the campus, getting parents to come in and supervise when children were playing because a lot of what happened, happened when they were outside and playing… So, you had a whole parental involvement. We had parents sign contracts about what was expected of them and their children. So, we’re trying to replicate that in other places, we’ll see how that works,” she explained.