Chief Education Officer, Dr. Ramona Archer-Bradshaw, has expressed regret over the Springer Memorial School security drill debacle saying it was well intentioned but could have been done differently.

She was speaking at a news conference at the Ministry of Education.     

She says the ministry later learnt it was a simulation and then got reports of the panic that ensued.

The chief says the ministry will not micro manage schools and but a different approach could have been used.  

Chief Education Officer, Dr. Ramona Archer-Bradshaw.

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The school principal, Cheryl Gill, says the teachers were informed of the drill but some of the children panicked.

She promises there will be a different approach to any future simulations. 

Principal of the Springer Memorial School, Cheryl Gill.

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Some parents of children at the school are demanding frank answers from school officials.

The parents want an explanation and an apology and have termed what happened as unacceptable.

Some parents of children at Springer Memorial School.