Bartica needs professional school welfare officers

Jun 20, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor;
Today I take special time to voice my concern in relation to the level of professionalism the schools welfare officers’ display in fulfilling their duties in relation to issue with students in Bartica.
Firstly, students who are attending our secondary schools. Oftentimes, some of these students misbehave and the case is just swept under a rug.
Here I am talking about criminal cases. Our welfare officers would do a few sessions counseling. Our delinquent students return to school and their behaviors are still the same and in some cases worst.
Secondly, it takes a village to raise a child. Instead of working along with other teachers, these welfare officers blame teachers for these young delinquents. Even if this may not be the case, this is a picture that is painted.
Instead of cooperating with our Teachers, that does not happen. Questions such as, ‘where were the Teachers when the students were smoking Marijuana?’ or Teachers do not know the students are hiding in wash room during classes?
And in some cases our welfare officers conclude that our students are scared of teachers, so they hide themselves in the washrooms during classes.
How professional? Other students, who are caught smoking marijuana often get pardoned by the police. Drug addicts do not need to be in school, they should be in an institution that could correct their behavior. What are we doing to these young Barticians?
Thirdly, our schools are managed by these welfare officers. Who remain in the offices most of the times and call the shots at these schools.
The profession of welfare officers has a great part of doing field work. These welfare officers need to get down into the fields. Even follow up these students and sentence students who need to be at a correctional institution. We will all be affected if we continue to cover up for these youths.
In concluding, we need to improve our standard since we are a town of this beautiful land Guyana. Our welfare officers need to get serious with the juvenile delinquents in Bartica
R. Gaime

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