Education chief issues stranger-danger warning

The Ministry of Education Transformation has instructed principals across Barbados to reinforce stranger-danger protocols with students following social media posts showing schoolchildren being approached by unfamiliar adults.

The warning followed a viral social media post by attorney-at-law Michelle Russell, who said, in the video, she intervened after witnessing an unfamiliar man speaking to three schoolboys.

Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw told Barbados TODAY that while the ministry had not received an official report about the incident, she issued a circular to principals after seeing posts showing people engaging with students.