CAMERAS IN SCHOOLS HAVE WORKED - VANDALISM AND DESTRUCTION HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED - Filenews 3/9 by Evangelia Sizopoulou
The Ministry of Education finds a noticeable decrease in vandalism, which occurred in previous years, mainly in specific schools in various areas.
This seems to be due to the installation of closed monitoring systems in the above schools, a measure decided to prevent the destruction and damage, which occurred mainly in the afternoon and evening hours.
In the context of the presence of the Minister of Education today at the session of the Education Committee of the Parliament, which she informed in general about the new school year, the issue of school violence and delinquency was also raised.
According to Athena Michailidou, in the school units in which cameras have been installed, there was a noticeable decrease in delinquent behaviours, which were mainly manifested in destruction of school premises and vandalism.
At the same time, the competent Minister informed that the process of installing the cameras in other schools is proceeding normally, on the basis of the existing planning and on the basis of data collected by the Police.
At the same time, actions to deal with and suppress such phenomena have to do not only with cameras but also with pedagogical policies implemented in schools. Among these policies that have been adopted are the competent committees in schools, the strengthening of the counsellor as well as the placement of the first social workers, who from this year will be in specific schools, on the basis of a pilot program.
