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  • 1 year ago
A Barrackpore mother is calling on the Ministry of education to find better ways to deal with student bullies.

The woman says her son, a Form One student, has been physically attacked three times this term and while students were suspended in relation to two of the cases, it has made no difference.

She tells our reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh that she even reported the incidents to the police, but was told by officers that if she pursues the matter, her child could also face charges because he fought back.
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00:00Less than two months into his first term of secondary school, a 12-year-old
00:06Form 1 student of the Barakpore East Secondary School has been bullied and
00:11beaten three times at his school. His mother says the first time was just days
00:17into the academic year and despite being the victim he was almost suspended along
00:23with the bully had she not intervened.
00:46She tells us that it happened again one month later and then once more earlier
00:52this week.
01:08She says when the second incident occurred she reported it to the police.
01:22She says she was then placed in an impossible situation which forced her to drop the case.
01:52The mother of three says she had hoped that after the suicide of a
02:13Princestown teenager who suffered bullying for years the Minister of
02:18Education and the TTPS would treat with the issue differently. She says acts of
02:24bullying may start small and from young but bullies have the potential of
02:28becoming full-fledged criminals later on.
02:48How serious is this matter? Cindy Raghubandh Tika Singh TV 6 News
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