Love, not hate say Sangre Grande kids

The streets of Sangre Grande were flooded with students yesterday as over 5,000 pupils from both primary and secondary schools in the North Eastern Edu-cational Districts protested against violence in the nation’s schools.

Messages were sent via placards as the children marched through the streets of Sangre Grande attracting adults as they went along with messages, such as  “Parents should be role models”, “Parents should be the first Teacher” “Love, Don’t Hate”,  “Prayer can Change Anything”, “Grades not Aids”, “Respect Yourself” “Let Talk It out” etc. Attending were; Anthea Permell, School Supervisor 111, Albert Jordan, School Supervisor 1. Ministry of Education, North Eastern Division. Onlookers who came out from their work places crowded the the pavements to have a look at the thousands of students marching. Some said it was the largest march they had ever witnessed in Sangre Grande and the messages carried by the students touched some of them.