{"id":210649,"date":"2026-11-12T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T20:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/?p=210649"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T20:17:08","slug":"minister-currie-we-cannot-ask-school-guards-to-disarm-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/minister-currie-we-cannot-ask-school-guards-to-disarm-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Currie: \u201cWe cannot ask school guards to disarm people\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minister Dirk Currie of Education, Science and Culture believes school guards cannot be expected to disarm armed robbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The<\/span> minister responded on Wednesday, ahead of the Council of Ministers meeting, to the robbery at public school (O.S.) Welgelegen, in which two teachers became victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot ask school guards to disarm people,\u201d Currie stated. According to the minister, extreme caution must be exercised in such situations, because the ministry does not want to encourage violence. School guards must also not be placed in circumstances in which their own safety is at risk. \u201cThe guards should also not be manoeuvred into such a situation that risks arise,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Currie acknowledged that security<\/a> at schools poses a major challenge. According to him, however, a distinction must be made between regular school security and protection against armed criminals. \u201cWhen we talk about securing a school, we cannot speak of security against armed people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Preventive measures and camera surveillance<\/h3>\n

The minister stressed that the emphasis should be on preventive measures to improve safety in and around schools. In that context, discussions have been held, according to him, about installing Safe City cameras near schools. This should make it possible to detect suspicious situations in time and take preventive action.<\/p>\n

In addition, Currie is calling on society to play a more active role in protecting educational institutions. He pointed out that schools are regularly targeted by burglaries, in which materials are stolen and the perpetrators are often not identified. The minister therefore calls on citizens to remain alert and immediately contact the police when they observe suspicious situations or burglaries at schools.<\/p>\n

Protecting schools is a shared responsibility<\/h3>\n

According to Currie, the safety of schools is not solely the responsibility of the ministry, but of society as a whole. He stressed that everyone can contribute to protecting educational institutions and the children who attend them. \u201cEveryone must contribute to protecting the schools, because our children are in the schools. The children do not belong to the ministry, but to the entire country,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minister Currie stresses that school guards are not responsible for disarming perpetrators during incidents at schools. Prevention and cooperation with the police remain crucial for safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":198883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_29234516172805655_1445375691985227":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1158244960706604":"","facebook_29234516172805655_108923581283702":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1093738170500407":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307","service":"facebook","timestamp":1794514643,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16333],"tags":[20937,20388,27040,16291,20032,27039,27038,16292],"class_list":["post-210649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-crime-2","tag-dirk-currie","tag-guards","tag-key-news","tag-nieuws","tag-school-safety","tag-school-safety-suriname","tag-suriname"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/geen-foto-keynews.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}