First vice-president of the Association of Principals and Vice Principals, Lynton Weir, is calling for a values and attitudes programme to be formally placed in the school curriculum to address bullying.
His call follows a Ministry of Education study which shows that students remain the biggest threat to their peers in terms of critical incidents in the education sector.
According to Director of Safety and Security at the Ministry, Richard Troupe, bullying is highest in all boys schools at 45.2 per cent. In co-educational institutions, bullying was recorded at 40.2 per cent. In all girls schools, bullying was recorded at 27.8 per cent.
Principal Weir says while he understands that the academic demands are heavy, students could participate in the values and attitudes programme for one semester out of every school year.
Lynton Weir, first vice-president of the Association of Principals and Vice Principals. He was speaking on Nationwide This Morning on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, general secretary of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Infant and Primary School, Richard Williams, says some younger children are taking their peers lunch money and forcing others to do their home work.
Mr. Williams pointed to the different forms of bullying at the primary school level, as he too reacted to the education ministry’s study which indicated that the greatest threat faced by students are incidents of bullying and cyber bullying.
He says parents need to play a greater role in their children’s social skills.
Richard Williams, general secretary of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Infant and Primary School.
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