Gov’t maps strategies to fight violence in primary schools.

By Dilian Welleng in Yaounde -

The measures are inscribed in circular letter signed February 17 by the Minister.

The circular is directed to Regional and Divisional Delegates, Sub-divisional Inspectors, secretaries of private Basic Education, Head Teachers of Nursery and Primary Schools.

Minister Etoundi Ngoa, in the circular, decried the increasing acts of violence in the school milieu.

Such manifestations, the Minister of Basic Education said, are incidental, complex and multifaceted.

As first step to pre-empt and curb the rampant phenomenon of violence, which is a cause for concern in schools, the Minister has instructed all actors in the Basic Education Family to incessantly watch out and hold monthly educative talks on the identification of acts of violence, their manifestation and suppression in the school milieu.

The circular equally urges school administrators to carry out systematic search of learner