Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is tak­ing a ze­ro-tol­er­ance ap­proach to school vi­o­lence, de­clar­ing that stu­dents caught as­sault­ing oth­er stu­dents, teach­ers and prin­ci­pals will be ex­pelled.

Par­ents of these stu­dents and par­ents tak­ing mat­ters in­to their own hands, us­ing threats or vi­o­lence, would have to face the full brunt of the law, the Prime Min­is­ter re­vealed.

Her an­nounce­ment fol­lows the lat­est re­port­ed school fight that left one fe­male Form 5 stu­dent of the South East Port-of-Spain Sec­ondary School hos­pi­talised, af­ter be­ing vi­cious­ly at­tacked by three oth­er stu­dents.