00:00Four students of a Riemann North Secondary School have fallen victim to gun violence over the past year.
00:07And with the most recent violent incident between a student and a teacher,
00:12opposition leader Penelope Beckles is expressing concern.
00:16There's at least four footballers that were attached to that school have been murdered.
00:22So that it is a school definitely that should be classified as a school that is at risk.
00:28So I'm calling that the matters be addressed urgently.
00:32The Riemann MP is questioning why police were not placed at that school.
00:36She's also questioning what training officers are receiving.
00:40I asked the question what is the criteria they use to select schools,
00:44but more importantly that if you send officers there,
00:47you would think that those officers need to be specifically trained.
00:51I mean, we looked at what happened recently near the school in Central, for example,
00:54where the police officer was locked in a room and the key thrown away.
01:00And then even the other incident where two police officers were playing with a gun, right,
01:05and then one of them has been charged with manslaughter.
01:09So I'm just saying that in terms of issues of security and safety, it's not a simple matter.
01:14The opposition leader was speaking after reading to pupils of Malabar RC in partnership with NALIS for International Literacy Day.
01:23Several of the young children shared stories of undiscipline they have witnessed.
01:28When you talk about school violence, you don't wait until you get to secondary school.
01:32And, I mean, you notice that they gave me several instances of infants, right,
01:39getting involved in fights with bigger ones.
01:42They were able to give us several instances and, I mean, they were shocked, they were horrified.
01:48So the truth is that is the time.
01:51She's championing literacy as a tool to fight in discipline and violence.
01:56Literacy is about your ability, simple things, your ability to read, your ability to write,
02:00your ability to communicate, your ability to share when you have challenges.
02:04Because, I mean, in my legal profession, you realize a lot of times when you deal with matters relating to domestic violence,
02:10people just don't know how to communicate.
02:12The choices that you are likely to make would be better if you have the opportunities to benefit from education.
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