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Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says her Gov­ern­ment is re­view­ing se­cu­ri­ty pro­to­cols at all schools across the coun­try, fol­low­ing re­ports that an in­trud­er en­tered the San­ta Rosa Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School and as­sault­ed sev­er­al pupils ear­li­er this month.

Speak­ing dur­ing Prime Min­is­ter’s Ques­tions in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion had al­ready re­spond­ed by de­ploy­ing so­cial work­ers and con­sul­tants to pro­vide trau­ma sup­port. She said broad­er mea­sures were al­so in progress.

“We are re­view­ing the cur­rent se­cu­ri­ty pro­to­cols at that school and at all schools in the coun­try,” she said. “More in­for­ma­tion will come dur­ing this de­bate when the Min­is­ter of Ed­u­ca­tion will out­line this Gov­ern­ment’s pol­i­cy ini­tia­tives to deal with se­cu­ri­ty at all our na­tion’s schools.”