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With just over three weeks to go be­fore the new aca­d­e­m­ic school year be­gins, the Gov­ern­ment has an­nounced that po­lice of­fi­cers will be as­signed to schools across the coun­try.

The plan evolved in a meet­ing yes­ter­day be­tween Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Dr Michael Dowlath, Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der and Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro at Ed­u­ca­tion Tow­ers on St Vin­cent Street, Port-of -Spain.

Last month, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar an­nounced that a list of high-risk schools would be sent to the po­lice to ini­ti­ate a plan for po­lice pro­tec­tion for stu­dents at these in­sti­tu­tions from the start of the new school term in Sep­tem­ber. This an­nounce­ment set the stage for fur­ther de­vel­op­ing the plan.