TWENTY-FOUR students escaped from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, Region Two, around 19:30hrs on Saturday.

According to information received, 17 males and seven female students ran away from the juvenile detention centre.

Information revealed that the females opened a southern door in their dormitory, tied five sheets, threw them over the western fence and escaped.

The males, on the other hand, wrenched open a southern window in their dormitory and climbed over the fence. At the time, three security officers were on duty alone with the dormitory fathers and mothers. The police have launched a search for the students.