Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says stricter dis­ci­pli­nary mea­sures may be nec­es­sary to ad­dress ris­ing be­hav­iour­al prob­lems in schools, fol­low­ing Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Dr Michael Dowlath’s re­cent dis­clo­sure of an in­crease in in-class­room in­ci­dents.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions from Guardian Me­dia via What­sApp yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar ex­pressed con­cern over grow­ing dis­rup­tions dur­ing in­struc­tion­al time, not­ing that se­ri­ous ac­tion may be need­ed to pro­tect teach­ers and stu­dents who want to learn.

“These in­ci­dents should be ad­dressed with ex­pul­sion in my per­son­al view,” she said.