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The head of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association is once again sounding the alarm on violence in the province's classrooms, and says the government needs to do more to find solutions and address the problem.

"The most recent report from the full school year last year was approximately 22 incidents per day in our schools," Trent Langdon told CBC News Tuesday.

"There was a 29 per cent increase in physical, violent attacks from the previous year. So that's where we are, and it's time for this province to fully appreciate where we are and to address it."

A news release issued by the NLTA on Tuesday said statistics gathered from an access-to-information request show there were 4,052 reported violent or aggressive incidents during the 2023-24 school year — up from 3,659 during the 2018-19 school year.