Violence in schools nah new, but we gotta deal with it smart

Jan 24, 2026 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

(Kaieteur News) – Fights in school. Fights after school. Students fighting each other, students fighting teachers. Some people seh this is new, but dem boys seh nah, dis been deh so for decades. Every time a group of school children decide dem up to wickedness, trouble always follow. And yes, some of dem get suspended, some get transferred. But tell me dis—how yuh transfer a problem? How yuh suspend a symptom of a bigger malady?

Some people seh, “Nah, we need harsh punishment!” Dem seh public flogging mek dem know say violence nuh mek sense. But mek we be real—dat only humiliate, it don’t fix nothing. A flogging mek a child feel shame, maybe mek dem rebel more. Education gone? Respect gone? Confidence gone? But problem? Still deh.

Others seh every child deserve education. Dem seh yuh have to work wid dem, understand why dem act up. Counseling, dem seh, can help. And it can—inside de counseling room, a child can feel heard, can learn a different way. But what happen when dem leave de room and return to de same violent environment dat teach dem fight again and again? Counseling alone nah enough.

Dem boys seh, de approach have to be studied. Nah impulsive. Nah just wah punishment or wah pep talk. Teachers, parents, community, even the children themselves have to work together. Yuh have to look at why violence start—peer pressure, family stress, social environment. Yuh have to mek schools a safe space, mek teachers trained, mek discipline fair and consistent, mek children see consequences without shame.

De thing is, violence in schools ain’t just a school problem. Nah, it’s a society problem. If we don’t handle it right now, it grow, it spread, it turn to bigger issues later. So dem boys seh, nah rush, nah lash out—study de problem, tackle de roots, and mek sure de solution teach dem, build dem, and protect dem. Only then yuh stop de cycle.

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