Nakasi High School held an awareness session today whereby speakers from the Fiji Police Force, Land Transport Authority and the Ministry of Health conducted awareness sessions with students.
According to the Fiji Police Force, this was part of the school’s holistic approach in preparing students for their Term 1 exams.
Topics covered included cyber crimes, sexual offences, rights of a child, juvenile issues, health, drugs and road safety.
Nakasi High School is a member of the Crime Stoppers Scholastic Program having joined in 2016, the Fiji Police Force noted.
School principal Praveen Chand said their role as teachers was to not only teach inside classrooms and on paper, but to empower their students in all aspects of life.
“We wanted to invite the police, health, and Land Transport Authority officials to speak to students before they begin their Term 1 exams to prepare them for their academic life and life outside of school,” Mr Chand said.
“Nakasi High since signing up for the Crime Stoppers Scholastic Program has seen a drastic change in the behaviour of our students because they were empowered with the knowledge of the law so they had a better understanding of the consequences to their actions that could impact the hard work they have put towards their education.”
Cyber Crime Officer Corporal Savenaca Siwatibau said the technological knowledge children possessed today, if not nurtured and guided properly, could impact their education and future.
“There is a lot of knowledge possessed by these students regarding the use of the world-wide-web and social media and this was evident in the awareness conducted today,” Cpl Siwatibau said.
Similar awareness sessions will be conducted in the Eastern Division in major boarding schools next week.
