THE Ministry of Education Schools Welfare Department has embarked on several weeks of behavioural change intervention sessions with selected groups of students from the Charlestown Secondary and Dolphin Secondary Schools.

The intervention sessions follow reports of frequent fights among students from the two schools.

The continuous quarrels prompted the department to engage the police who now patrol the areas frequently and as a result, the fights and quarrels have since declined.

The ongoing sessions provide opportunities to teach the children about the importance of respect, conflict management, communication skills and values, among other areas.

Chief Schools Welfare Officer, Ms.  Glenna Bailey-Vyphius has said that sessions at each school will run for six weeks. The Education Ministry will issue a certificate of participation to each child at the end of the behavioural change training.

Ms. Vyphius said that her department intends to take the same programme to other schools in the new school term.