The Ministry of Education on Tuesday concluded a two-day Drug Prevention Education Training exercise that was held for teachers and welfare officers from Georgetown.
The two-day exercise, held at the National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) auditorium, was a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Education’s Schools’ Welfare Service, the Ministry of Health, the Salvation Army and the Schools’ Health Unit.
Chief Schools’ Welfare Officer Gillian Vyphuis said the programme was needed because of the social issues being encountered in schools and the resulting challenges facing the teachers and welfare officers. The overall percentage of drug use in schools is 5 %. “We also recognise that children are using drugs and alcohol in school and they are the ones taking it into our school system,”
