school fights

Teachers need to be trained to identify students who are having issues, and help address it before it leads to behavioural issues, such as school fights. 

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG’s non-formal school coordinator, Duaro Embi, believes there are no good or bad people; just people who are caught in situations and try to make the most of it.

The same principle applies to students.

Madang Provincial Police Commander Acting Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang said students from Kusbau and Lutheran Day Primary schools, and Tusbab and Good Shepherd Secondary schools have been fighting each other, causing a disturbance in learning for every other student. PPC Rubiang said school holidays are approaching and parents and the guardians must advise their children not to engage in school fights.

The Minister made these remarks following a fight between students of Gerehu and Tokarara secondary schools on Tuesday afternoon at the Waigani bus stop in Port Moresby.                                                                                   

He said schools are institutions that were designed to develop our younger generations on their character, behaviour through physical and psychological development. 

The school closed yesterday following an attempted confrontation by students from Bugandi Secondary School.

According to police reports, male students from Bugandi Secondary School mobilised and ran up to Eriku with the intention to attack male students from Lae Secondary School.

Quick response by police and intervention by Lae Secondary School teachers to pull their students back into the school premises, prevented what could have been another major inter-school fighting.

The cause of the conflict is still unknown.

This was revealed during a meet between the administration of all secondary level institutions in the province, the provincial administrator and education council, on Friday.

Chairman of the Provincial Education Council, Cosmas Bauk, told the principals: “Don’t resume until the culprits are apprehended.

“Only a minority are jeopardising the entire student body’s education.

“Blacklist those students!”