ALCOHOL and drug abuse among pupils seem to be on the increase, compromising discipline at schools and posing major health problems with an increased risk of injuries, violence, HIV infection and other diseases.
Educational authorities are increasingly stretched to deal with situations where pupils are implicated in serious offences sometimes bordering on the criminal.
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