The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has attributed what it calls unruly behaviour in schools to the restrictions placed on teachers in disciplining students.
This comment comes in the wake of the arrest of a student from O’Reilly Senior High School who stabbed and killed a fellow student on Tuesday, September 3.
An argument reportedly broke out between the students over whose father is wealthier.
In an interview with Citi News, the president of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu, argued that school authorities should be given the freedom to instil discipline in students to prevent such tragic incidents.
“Unfortunately, whenever teachers want to exact conformity rules, then a certain group of people who talk about human rights assume the teacher does not know what human rights are.
“Sometimes when we go and take some financial support from some bunch of financial NGOs, then we forget that we need to establish rules and regulations that are akin to the reality of our environment.
“Don’t do this. Don’t do this. When you talk to the student like that, you are creating psychological injury to the student. So, as if to create the impression that whenever the students goes wrong, we should kiss them and pat them on the back and tell them that they can continue. So, the school environment is continuously becoming a place where students are beginning to become unruly.”
Source:citinewsroom.com
