![by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI](https://i2.wp.com/rcsocialjusticett.org/2.0/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/leelaramdeen_1.jpg?resize=100%2C125)
Schools are a microcosm of the society in which they exist. The violence that is prevalent in our society pervades many of our schools.
In an article in the T&T Guardian of June 7, 2013 on “Student Violence and the Bystander Effect: What You Should Know”, Keagan Welch states: “An unwelcome internet phenomenon is trending in Trinidad and Tobago: videos of secondary school students fighting, recorded on mobile phones and uploaded to online social media networks….