MOTHERS FIGHT OUTSIDE SCHOOL

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Police are investigating a fight between two mothers outside the Cedros Secondary school on Monday.  Investigators say the women went to the school to address bullying allegations involving their children and on exiting the compound, a fight broke out.  The Police say such incidents will not be tolerated and charged can be expected "very soon".  Reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh tells us more.

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00:00A fight between two parents of students at the Sidra Secondary School, one armed with

00:11a cutlass, occurred just outside the school gates on Monday, videos of which have been

00:17widely shared on social media. Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Central South Trinidad

00:23Wayne Meister says the two mothers went to the school to address allegations of bullying

00:28against both of their children, and when they were not satisfied with the intervention

00:33made by the school, they decided to take matters into their own hands by attacking each other.

00:40This type of behaviour displayed by parents is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

00:47As we speak, our investigators from the Sidra Police are already investigating this matter

00:54and charges will be preferred in a very, very short space of time.

01:00We reached out to Education Minister Dr Nayan Gatsby-Dolley, but up to news time did not

01:05receive feedback. Responding to the incident, Tutor President Martin Lumpkin said he was

01:11disgusted by the actions taken by these parents.

01:16We are outraged by the behaviour of some parents who should be setting better examples for

01:24their children and for the nation's youth. Based upon some of the videos being circulated,

01:32we can understand why some of our students behave in the manner in which they do.

01:40Meanwhile, the President of the National Parent Teacher Association called for parenting workshops

01:46to be set up, which can educate parents and guardians on the importance of leading by

01:52example and teaching conflict resolution techniques.

01:56A parenting seminar in order to be able to guide our parents as to proper behaviour,

02:02proper role modelling, proper exemplars of themselves so that their charges can see how

02:09to conduct themselves in any and every situation, how to operate under conflict and when conflict

02:16is imminent and how to be able to mitigate the conflicts that are taking place.

02:21Sindhi Raghuvan Tika Singh, TV6 News.

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