Education Minister Dr Michael Dowlath said a zero-tolerance approach continues to be applied to serious acts of violence and threats to student safety.

At yesterday’s sitting of Parliament, at the Red House, Port of Spain, he made the comment while responding to a question from Oppo­sition MP Dr Nyan Gadsby-­Dolly, who referenced video footage of the beating of a male student in Chaguanas earlier this week.

She asked whether the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) had been formally engaged in the matter and what action had been taken against the students who participated in the beating.