Punish students who instigate fights

FIGHTS among groups of school students reflect a general lack of discipline and counselling among the children.
Add to those peer pressure and hormonal-driven adolescent conduct and you have situation which can be counter-productive and a hindrance to character development if not effectively harnessed early.
The behaviour is often seen in sports arenas, intra-school and inter-school functions.
It relays the message to teachers, parents and guardians that a problem exists which if not nipped in the bud quickly can adversely affect the development of a young person.
There are many reasons as to why school fights are occurring.
Whatever the reasons, the fights caused by aggrieved persons who are not happy over something that is not right according to their reasoning based on their judgment to warrant such dangerous behaviour that can be harmful and life threatening.
And already that clearly demonstrates a fundamental cause that the common order of addressing grief has failed or is not in existence therefore; almost everyone is now taking the law into their own hands.
One cause of school fights has been attributed to the cult system that has now gone down to primary school students affecting many lives and bringing all sorts of disturbances and problems to the peaceful communities.
On Friday, police intervened quickly and dispersed the rowdy students from two secondary schools in Port Moresby.
Large crowds of students were seen running from the traffic lights towards the Waigani Market and Kone Tigers Oval but police arrived immediately and dispersed the marauding students.
This scenario is happening in other centres also and is becoming a concern because despite all the effort by the police, government officials and school authorities, it is still happening.
It is time for students involved in school fights to be arrested and hauled to court just like any other law-breaker. These students have to be treated now like adults because they choose to behave like adults.
Rogue and law-breaking adults.
They have chosen to ignore lawful instructions and advice and must be prepared to face the consequences. Period.
Harsh as it may sound but the solution to the violence between schools is to take them to court.
Let the law deal with rogue behaviour appropriately.
If possible, parents should be required to accompany their children to court to witness for themselves the seriousness of what they have done.
Maybe then the parents will be stricter in their supervision and guidance of the children.
Parents must look after and manage their child well as they are the number one teachers.
Parents who push this responsibility to teachers should know that they are reneging a responsibility bestowed on them in the first place.
Parents who do not look after their children properly can expect a troublesome adult later on.
It will be reflected in their school work and in interacting with other people.
Parents must look after and manage their children well as they are the number one teachers.
The parents and teachers have to be strict in the upbringing of the child.
The police must be strict in upholding the law and take to court those who violate or breach it.
And that includes students who knowingly break the law.
The time for pussyfooting around this Lae school fight problem is definitely over.
Police have to be strict.
It will also relay the message to students around the country involved in such activities what they too can expect.
At the same time amicable and long term preventive measures are needed to fully eliminate the on-going battles between schools or within school.