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UK: Drug test OK in schools

Michael Lea

The Sun

Friday 14 Apr 2006

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SCHOOLS minister Ruth Kelly yesterday cleared the way for random drug
testing of pupils.

The Education Secretary claimed one pilot scheme had been a “hugely
effective” tool in tackling substance abuse.

Ms Kelly told a teachers’ conference in Birmingham that she had an “open
mind” about extending the system nationwide.

She said: “Drugs is an issue that is not going away in schools.”

Abbey School in Faversham, Kent, screened 20 pupils a week at random.
Swabs were taken and samples checked for traces of cannabis, cocaine and
ecstasy.

GCSE results leapt significantly last year after the scheme was introduced.

Ms Kelly said: “It was a hugely effective way of creating peer pressure
against taking drugs.”

 

 

 

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