GOVERMENT TO PAY FOR SECURITY GUARDS AT JEWISH SCHOOLS The government is to pick up the cost of providing security guards at Jewish faith schools in England amid concerns about anti-semitic threats to pupils.
At the moment, parents of children at 39 state-funded Jewish schools in England pay £1.6m towards the cost of enhanced measures like security guards.
Ministers have decided to foot the bill to ensure children and staff "feel safe" and can concentrate on studying.
They say they will look at the case for similar help for other faith schools.
At the moment, all state schools get funding to provide basic security measures such as perimeter fences, gates and CCTV.
However, ministers have decided it is unreasonable for parents at Jewish schools to continue paying for extra measures, such as security personnel, given the particular threats the institutions face.
Security threat "Faith schools make a fantastic contribution to our education system and none more so than Jewish faith schools," Education Secretary Michael Gove said.
"Children and staff at these schools should feel safe at school and able to learn in an environment free from any anti-semitic or racist threats."
The schools will receive £650,000 in funds straight away and up to £2m a year based on assessment of their needs. The funds will be administered by the Community Security Trust, which helps protect Jewish communities and synagogues and draw attention to anti-semitic violence.
Its research suggests there were about 920 anti-semitic incidents in 2009, the highest total since 1984, and 124 violent attacks - 41% up on the year before.
The Trust said not all schools, the bulk of which are located in London, would receive the same amount of funding and resources would be allocated "efficiently and according to need".
"The Trust is grateful to the secretary of state for recognising the importance of security provision at state-funded Jewish schools and for the time he and his department have spent assessing the problem and constructing a viable solution," its chief executive Richard Benson said.
The Department for Education said other faith schools - including Islamic schools - should make representations if they felt they were at particular risk and deserved similar support.
"We made approaches and none of the groups came back and said yes we do," a spokesman said.
In my opinion the government would have to pay for the security in the school because the children security is very important an maybe some parents can´t pay for this security.
I think that the anti-semitic threat that some pupils are suffering in the schools of England, is a serious problem for the government; because in some countries the law to the freedom of thought and religion isn´t accepted.
On the one hand, the government should to solve the problem for the beginning, and doesn´t waste the money in the safety of the schools. On the other hand, the parents of the pupils shouldn´t pay much money for the safety, because it is a problem of the government and it isn´t a problem for the students.
In my opinion the most important thing in this case is the pupil's security so I think that, like Alberto have said, the State should pay it because not every one can pay this sum of money. In the other hand I find it very sad that at this point have to go in dealing with such problems.
my opinion is like the opinion of noelia and alberto, the most important thing is the security of the pupil´s... yet it is very sad that the government has to worry about these issues because there should be no such problems.
I think that the anti-semitic threat to pupils, is a shame because in the XXI century, there are still these cultural problems.
On the other hand, I think the government has to pay that money because, as my partner has said, there are many people who can not pay and the most important thing is the childrens security
finally, I think that people must start to respect each other.
I'm agree with Alberto and Sara because if you remember in USA on the worst neighbourhoods, the schools have security too. Because the security of pupils, teachers and other workers of the school are one of the most important thing so that school continue with their normal activity regardless if school is Jewish, Christian or Public.
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ReplyDeleteThe government is to pick up the cost of providing security guards at Jewish faith schools in England amid concerns about anti-semitic threats to pupils.
At the moment, parents of children at 39 state-funded Jewish schools in England pay £1.6m towards the cost of enhanced measures like security guards.
Ministers have decided to foot the bill to ensure children and staff "feel safe" and can concentrate on studying.
They say they will look at the case for similar help for other faith schools.
At the moment, all state schools get funding to provide basic security measures such as perimeter fences, gates and CCTV.
However, ministers have decided it is unreasonable for parents at Jewish schools to continue paying for extra measures, such as security personnel, given the particular threats the institutions face.
Security threat
"Faith schools make a fantastic contribution to our education system and none more so than Jewish faith schools," Education Secretary Michael Gove said.
"Children and staff at these schools should feel safe at school and able to learn in an environment free from any anti-semitic or racist threats."
The schools will receive £650,000 in funds straight away and up to £2m a year based on assessment of their needs. The funds will be administered by the Community Security Trust, which helps protect Jewish communities and synagogues and draw attention to anti-semitic violence.
Its research suggests there were about 920 anti-semitic incidents in 2009, the highest total since 1984, and 124 violent attacks - 41% up on the year before.
The Trust said not all schools, the bulk of which are located in London, would receive the same amount of funding and resources would be allocated "efficiently and according to need".
"The Trust is grateful to the secretary of state for recognising the importance of security provision at state-funded Jewish schools and for the time he and his department have spent assessing the problem and constructing a viable solution," its chief executive Richard Benson said.
The Department for Education said other faith schools - including Islamic schools - should make representations if they felt they were at particular risk and deserved similar support.
"We made approaches and none of the groups came back and said yes we do," a spokesman said.
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ReplyDeleteDO YOU BELIEVE THAT GOVERMENT SHOULD PAY FOR SECURITY??
In my opinion the government would have to pay for the security in the school because the children security is very important an maybe some parents can´t pay for this security.
ReplyDeleteI think that the anti-semitic threat that some pupils are suffering in the schools of England, is a serious problem for the government; because in some countries the law to the freedom of thought and religion isn´t accepted.
ReplyDeleteOn the one hand, the government should to solve the problem for the beginning, and doesn´t waste the money in the safety of the schools.
On the other hand, the parents of the pupils shouldn´t pay much money for the safety, because it is a problem of the government and it isn´t a problem for the students.
I think that The school and children security is so important that the govermest must pay for it whitout any doubt,
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion the most important thing in this case is the pupil's security so I think that, like Alberto have said, the State should pay it because not every one can pay this sum of money. In the other hand I find it very sad that at this point have to go in dealing with such problems.
ReplyDeletemy opinion is like the opinion of noelia and alberto, the most important thing is the security of the pupil´s...
ReplyDeleteyet it is very sad that the government has to worry about these issues because there should be no such problems.
I think that the anti-semitic threat to pupils, is a shame because in the XXI century, there are still these cultural problems.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I think the government has to pay that money because, as my partner has said, there are many people who can not pay and the most important thing is the childrens security
finally, I think that people must start to respect each other.
I'm agree with Alberto and Sara because if you remember in USA on the worst neighbourhoods, the schools have security too.
ReplyDeleteBecause the security of pupils, teachers and other workers of the school are one of the most important thing so that school continue with their normal activity regardless if school is Jewish, Christian or Public.