Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der yes­ter­day urged par­ents and their chil­dren to en­ter the new school term with a re­newed sense of pur­pose to make the most of their ed­u­ca­tion.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia af­ter at­tend­ing an in­ter-faith ser­vice com­mem­o­rat­ing the St Au­gus­tine Sec­ondary School’s 50th an­niver­sary, Alexan­der said par­ents had a re­spon­si­bil­i­ty to take con­trol of their chil­dren even be­fore they en­tered school by in­still­ing dis­ci­pline.

He stressed that par­ents of way­ward chil­dren should re­mem­ber that schools were not day­care cen­tres for chil­dren, as they too should step up and do their part in quelling an­ti-so­cial be­hav­iour from home.