Barbados teachers meeting to discuss 'deadly school violence'
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Barbados Secondary Teachers Union (BSTU) and the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) will be holding a mass meeting tonight Tuesday, November 12.
The meeting, held under the theme 'Deadly Violence within Our School System- It Must End Now!' will commence at 12.30 pm at the Barbados Workers Union, Solidarity House, St Michael.
As a result of the mass meeting, the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training moved to close all public schools.
The meeting comes on the heels of a fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old Frederick Smith School student by a classmate which occurred on Friday, November 8. It was reported the two students were involved in an altercation on the school compound just before the incident unfolded.
The school was closed as a result of the stabbing.
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