Problem students ‘need alternative’

ALTERNATIVE methods of education should be provided for the growing numbers of troublesome students, a principals’ leader said yesterday.

Martin Wallace, president of the Principals and Deputy-Principals Association (DPA), said those engaging in inappropriate and anti-social behaviour are getting younger and schools should not have to tackle the problem on their own.

“Boundaries of behaviour that were valued only a short few years ago seem to be disappearing at an alarming rate. Rising levels of violence and vandalism throughout the country are also indicative of an increasing disregard for the person and property of others,” he said.