CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet invited Purcell Special Security Firm and the Director of Education to address it on the issue of school security.
The Director of Education, last week addressed Cabinet and raised the issue of security of the school plants; thieves are breaking into Government schools damaging windows, doors and other infrastructure and stealing furniture, computers, tablets and any other valuables which they could find.
The thieves have rummaged through the desks of principals, scattering documents, papers and books on the floor, and engaged in other activities that have hampered the schools’ productivity and cause all users a feeling of insecurity.
The Director was persuaded that if the thieves believe that they would be caught then they would be less likely to engage in the anti-social/criminal behaviour.
The Cabinet last week agreed to have security cameras installed on the perimeter of the buildings and also within certain offices that are attractive to thieves. The Cabinet also accepted the proposal of building strong-rooms or large safes on the compound of each school where highly-valuable items could be stored each night.
Mr. Purcell was accompanied to the Cabinet meeting by his accountant and another official of his firm. He pledged to do everything he possibly can to ensure that the schools, when opening on Monday 5th September, will have human security available at all the Government schools across Antigua.
He noted that his firm employs approximately 1,000 men and women and that he has a very large payroll to meet each week. He spoke of the inherent challenge that his firm experiences with so many employees and noted that the deployment of security staff is a capital-intensive venture.
The Cabinet made a pledge to provide Special Security with sufficient resources to enable Mr. Purcell to dispatch security workers on Monday morning to all schools.
In the meantime, the Ministry of Works continues to source the cameras and the security software required in order to make the 37 government schools less vulnerable to thieves and trespassers. Advice and support will also come from the Ministry of Information/Technology.
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Yes we were transferred from the Ministry of Education Security Company to Public Works Security Company since the 1st of February 2012 officially. We were supposed to be upgraded in our salary to what the Public Works Security Security Officers are being paid, Up till now we have yet to see this salary upgrade. We are still carrying home $365.00 a week. We cannot take care of our children, we cannot feed our children properly. We have Light bill, Water bill, Rent, Food, and still have to have internet for the children Schooling. Ministry of Education still owe us holidays pay for 2020. We are crying out to somebody with a heart to help us. Help help help help help help help help.
Sorry 2021we were transferred.
once the security guards mind the business that pays them, stay off their phones and nuh sleep 🤣
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