Stakeholders are urging the federal government to implement maintainready measures in an effort to improve the security of lecturers in public colleges, following an increase in assaults on educators by college students.
They argue that indiscipline in public colleges is turning into increasingly prevalent because of the ban on corporal punishment.
This ban has led some college students to really feel emboldened to assault trainers over minor points, prompting calls for college administrations to prioritise the security of their employees.
These considerations had been spotlighted final Friday throughout a two-day seminar organised by the Centre for Maritime Regulation and Safety (CEMLAWS) in partnership with the Nationwide Safety and the University of Aberdeen, held in Accra
Theme: ‘The Function of the Educationist in Peace and Safety’ introduced collectively stakeholders within the training sector, security consultants and others to debate violent extremes in our society and communities.
Addressing contributors drawn from the varied areas, the Director of Coaching and Accompliceship of CEMLAWS, Mr Nelson A. Ayamdoo, urged a stakeholder dialogue to assist develop some safety elements or fashions within the training curriculum.
He stated though the seminar was to offer some form of safety coaching for gamers within the academic establishments, there was a have to develop the dialogue to make sure the security of lecturers and their learners.
“So this seminar was not likely organised to reply precisely to the safety conditions which might be growing in colleges, and we hope that a few of these collection of coaching can be included in actions of scholars.
It simply occurred that these points additionally growing is only a coincidence, however undoubtedly, safety has change into a tropical situation, not simply in colleges, however in the entire nation,” he defined.
Mr Ayamdoo additionally said that the seminar was structured in such a manner that it could equip the participants with the mandatory knowledge and experience to handle such conditions and conflicts inside their communities.
“It’s vital for them to know all their weaknesses, and as properly determine and skim out violent behaviour of extremism that can be manifested or which might be manifesting of their training establishments.
So a part of the seminar is aimed toward equipping contributors with that data and preparedness,” Mr Ayamdoo emphasised.
The Director of Counter-Terrorism Fusion Centre, Brigadier Normal Timothy Tifucro Ba-Taa-Banah, stated colleges are breeding grounds for violent extremism and are vulnerable to conflicts and that the position of educationists is to assist prepare, determine and assist resolve these conflict-prone points.
He stated colleges have the worth of disseminating nationwide safety points, and that the seminar was not taking a look at not simply solely the essential colleges or the secondary faculty however in addition to the universities and all different coaching institutions.
“The hope is that this seminar will affect the nationwide knowledge for them to determine conflicts, the progress of conflicts of their colleges, how they may resolve them,” Brigadier Normal Ba-Taa-Banah stated.
Dr Manu Lekunze, a lecturer on Worldwide Relations on the University of Aberdeen, underlined that past instructing, lecturers had been mandated to offer safety for his or her learners and have to know the indicators and signs of safety points.
The contributors acquired certificate of participation.
BY BERNARD BENGHAN
