00:00The video, which lasted over 30 seconds, highlights a security guard claiming she was assaulted by the female student.
00:08The parent of the student hits her with her slippers in full view of fellow students.
00:15The parent then held the student by the neck.
00:19I saw a preliminary report, but I'm still awaiting the final report from both the principal and the school supervisor.
00:28Additional security measures were observed outside the Signal Hill Secondary School on Monday.
00:35Parents and students endured rigorous security checks.
00:40Education Secretary Orlando Kerr cautioned parents to adhere to the school rules.
00:46It's not okay for you to go into a school and quote-unquote discipline your child.
00:51If you want to do that, you have to do that when you're home.
00:55The school environment is a controlled environment.
00:58Right?
00:59Where the responsibility of protection of the children rests with the administration of the school.
01:05Secretary Kerr said when students are on the school compound, they are in the care of the school authorities.
01:12When your child is on the school compound, the principal and the teachers are responsible for your child.
01:28The Signal Hill Secondary School is one of two schools in Tobago where the policing in schools initiative is operational.
01:37Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
