On Tuesday, an altercation between two male students at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) left one of them with stab wounds to his abdomen and neck.It was another instance of violence within this island’s educational institutions.In many situations, scenes of violence are captured on video and circulated via social media. We see them, we watch them and some even share them. But when the unimaginable happens, we all join the chorus of condemnation.In January 2020, a 14-year-old boy was one of two people charged with the shooting death of Marlon Holder as he was dropping his son off at St Alban’s Primary School.We would also recall that dark day on November 8, 2019, when a stabbing death at the Frederick Smith Secondary School was reported. Two students, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, were involved in a fight. The 16-year-old, Temario Holder of Checker Hall, St Lucy, died on the spot.A repeat of days like those is something none of us wants to witness or hear of ever again. But what are we doing to make sure this is a reality?
