Le leader de l'opposition a voulu savoir, du ministre de l'Éducation, le nombre de cas de harcèlement, de possession et d'utilisation de drogues parmi les élèves dans les lieux publics et au sein d'institutions éducatives primaires et secondaires depuis janvier 2025, ainsi que les mesures qui ont été prises pour l'élimination de cette problématique.
Mahend Gungapersad a souligné que le harcèlement et l'utilisation de drogues dans le milieu scolaire ne datent pas d'hier, mais que le nouveau gouvernement s'attèle à adresser ces problèmes depuis son arrivée au pouvoir. La réponse, dira le ministre, sera complète et non fragmentée. Il a aussi dévoilé le nombre de cas de harcèlement enregistrés depuis le début de l'année scolaire.
Mahend Gungapersad a souligné que le harcèlement et l'utilisation de drogues dans le milieu scolaire ne datent pas d'hier, mais que le nouveau gouvernement s'attèle à adresser ces problèmes depuis son arrivée au pouvoir. La réponse, dira le ministre, sera complète et non fragmentée. Il a aussi dévoilé le nombre de cas de harcèlement enregistrés depuis le début de l'année scolaire.
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00:00Today we have the strong political will to announce that our Prime Minister means business
00:07on this front. And there will be no piecemeal approach as they were doing, as his former
00:14government was doing. As Minister of Education, I cannot do it alone, nor the officials from
00:22the Ministry of Education can do it alone. We need full support of the population, which
00:29gave us a clear mandate in the last general elections. The message is clear. With us,
00:38no dilly-dallying. This year, for the past two months, since the resumption of schools
00:44in January 2025, I am informed that across the four educational zones, we have, one,
00:5359 cases of harassment and bullying involving pupils of government primary schools, two,
01:0067 cases involving students of state secondary schools, three, 21 cases involving students
01:07of private secondary schools out of 108 private secondary schools. There are 14 of them. Let
01:15me start with the first one. We are going to set up an education council comprising
01:21of representatives of a wide cross-section of all education sectors to address the issue
01:28in a holistic manner and for alignment of actions, developing consensus on a wide range
01:34of issues. Two, institutional networking and collaborative partnership with several stakeholders
01:41such as police force, CDU, Brigade pour la Protection de la Famille. Three, reinforcement
01:47of the student care and counselling desk in state secondary schools to provide necessary
01:53support to students facing emotional and other psychological problems with a view to promoting
01:58positive behaviour through listening and supporting students and the training of educators involved
02:04in providing these services. Four, placing a strong focus on value-based education and
02:11life skills in the school curriculum. Five, reviving the inter-college competitions in
02:18collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, with the support of Honourable Nagalingam,
02:24thereby giving them a sense of purpose. This is what we are going to do, both ministries. Six,
02:31helping pupils better manage their emotions through the implementation of the social and
02:37emotional wellbeing programme. Seven, strengthening the National Education and
02:43Counselling Service through the recruitment of additional educational psychologists and
02:48educational social workers at the level of ministry and private secondary school authority.
02:55Eight, carrying out sensitisation of students by the National Education and Counselling Service.
03:03Nine, setting up pastoral care committees to support students with behavioural issues.
03:08Ten, ensuring that disciplinary committees look into actions to be taken against students
03:14involving cases of indiscipline and violence. Eleven, ensuring the installation of CCTV cameras
03:21in some secondary schools. Twelve, posting of daytime security guards in risk-prone schools.
03:29Thirteen, provision of a gatekeeper to control access to school compounds during the day.
03:36Fourteen, regular police patrolling and vigilance around the risk-prone schools and at bus terminals.