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Af­ter a vi­o­lent fra­cas at the Moru­ga Sec­ondary School last week, which re­sult­ed in two stu­dents be­ing sus­pend­ed, sev­er­al po­lit­i­cal lead­ers have out­lined their plans to tack­le bul­ly­ing in schools.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, at a po­lit­i­cal meet­ing at Hi­malaya Club, Barataria, on Mon­day, told sup­port­ers her gov­ern­ment would in­tro­duce an anony­mous an­ti-bul­ly­ing app to al­low stu­dents to re­port in­ci­dents. She added that par­ent pa­trols will al­so be im­ple­ment­ed in all schools un­der her watch.

“This is where a par­ent of each en­rolled stu­dent must spend at least one full day at the school of their child, work­ing with deans, teach­ers, the TTPS, and stu­dent sup­port ser­vices to main­tain dis­ci­pline. Par­ents should see what teach­ers have to deal with dai­ly,” she said.