"I took the knife, I have it in the classroom..."/ Students throw stones at the filming crew of "Stop"

2024-12-09 21:40:00, Denoncim CNA

"I took the knife, I have it in the classroom..."/ Students throw

In February 2024, the show "Stop" made an observation in some 9-year-old schools of the capital for the sale of unsafe food on the school railings. After 10 months we come back to see what has changed and see that no action has been taken. In September 2023, former ministers Taulant Balla and Evis Kushi promised to expand the security perimeter for schools, but these measures remained only on paper.

From today's observation, it appears that students are allowed out of schools, or street vendors are allowed to sell food through the railings. Among the many schools that the show "Stop" saw was "Gjon Buzuku", where the students came out of the railings unconcerned by the presence of the teachers or the guard of the institution.

Experts Ndriçim Mehmeti, the head of Social Workers, and Mirgit Vataj talk about school security, maintaining the perimeter, food inside the educational premises and what measures should be taken.

"This school year, the director of the Tirana Police came to us, the head of the AKU of Tirana, the director of the municipal police of Tirana came to us and they said that we will take measures, which are not only related to the security perimeter, that the security perimeter has been breached, which we have said together several times. To which the security officer, custodial teacher and principal and so on must report and there must be an AKU employee who is nowhere to be seen. Here it is known to enforce the law and everyone does their job for what they are paid for. This is for the benefit of the parents, for the benefit of the children, this is for the benefit of the school and the community," said expert Ndriçim Mehmeti.

"It is really a disturbing situation regarding the sale or trade of energy drinks or with added sugar, and what is unfortunate is that we still do not have an effectiveness in monitoring and documenting all these cases. This is a very important moment, starting from school, the part of children's awareness. The officers of the children's schools must be very attentive, so if they see that inside the schools within the perimeter or near the perimeter of the schools there are street traders, or shops and markets, who trade, they must report them, so they must be in their focus and the issue of energy drinks," said Mirgit Vataj.

But in an unprecedented situation, the students of "Gjon Buzuku", after being caught in the mistake, attacked our filming group during the time, when they should have been under the responsibility of the guard, guardian teachers, the principal and a security officer.

Reporter: Who shot?

Students: Blonde vagabond, it's your turn tonight.

Reporter: Tell me a little, what you have in there!

Student: Get out of there!

Reporter: Tell me a little, what you have in there!

Student: Put the camera away, because...!

Journalist: What?

Student: Take off the camera, because I put it on my cheek!

Other student: Go to q…r…!

Other student: That breed...!

(They throw capsules)

Other student: Oh, you fool, get out of there, don't tease us...!