Ryan school murder case
The present schools are mixed schools with all classes from 1-12 .Such big establishments were not a norm in our days about 70 years ago.we had primary schools middle schools , high schools .
The small boys and the big boys who are adolescents were never mixing .The teachers always took care of the younger ones .
The present system must change and we must think of going back to this old system of schools with different age groups.The drawbacks of present system is
1- The adolescents who are physically stronger may bully the small kids
2- The Bad habits of smoking, spending away the money, abusive behaviour ,ragging ,sexual assaults ,black mail are possible.
3- The common areas like play grounds , toilets, canteens are the places where the vulnerable kids needs protection from predators.
4- Segregation gives some protection .Different schools for different sex are safer in this regard.
5- Due to large number of students the over all management is difficult.
6- Added to this predators in security staff,transport staff and other helpers are always lurking .
However much you have cameras ,trackers in buses,awareness the incidents of crime are on the increase.
We strongly recommend that the present government must rethink on educational reforms and must ponder over about this and bring back old system to separate primary schools ( age 3-8)and middle schools (9-12),high schools (13-17).
This will create a safe atmosphere for the growing kids appropriate for their age and environment and manageability. more