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Brits Launch Classroom 'Terror Watch'

Teachers asked to watch out for extremist students

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 8, 2008 3:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – British teachers will be asked to monitor student behavior and report any suspected extremists to police under new government guidelines, the Guardian reports. A "tool kit" for teachers sets out how they should conduct classroom debates to smoke out any possible Islamic extremist  or far-right racist views across all age groups. Some teachers complain that they're being handed an unfair burden.

"We have a duty of care to try to prevent any young person descending into any kind of illegal activity which could ruin their lives," said a spokesman for a teachers association. "But we're not spy-catchers."

Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister and current Mideast envoy for the quartet, meets with a religious studies class during a visit earlier this year to a north London school.
Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister and current Mideast envoy for the quartet, meets with a religious studies class during a visit earlier this year to a north London school.   (AP Photo)
Police and prison vans are seen outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London.
Police and prison vans are seen outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London.   (AP Photo)
A community support officer stands outside New Scotland Yard police station in London last week.
A community support officer stands outside New Scotland Yard police station in London last week.   (AP Photo)
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Extremist groups are seeking to target young people in order to recruit and exploit them for their pernicious purposes.  
- Chris Keates, general secretary of a teachers' union

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