Primary School students is just the "tip of the iceberg'', the school's PTA president said on Monday.

Mrs. Amatullah Bashir said the incident was just one example of what can happen when society places higher priorities on the pursuit of profits instead of investing in its children.

"They are all children,'' the mother of seven said. "If children are selling drugs to children that is because there are adults pushing drugs on them.

"We are destroying our future for the love of money.'' Earlier this week Dellwood Primary School principal Mr. Dale Butler reported that two secondary school students tried to sell crack cocaine to two of his students.

Mr. Butler, who refused to divulge which schools the teenaged dealers attended, would only say that he has written a letter to the principals of the schools concerned.

Mrs. Bashir, who was elected as PTA head for the second successive year, said that six of her children went to Dellwood.

Currently only her 11, nine and seven-year-old children attend the school.

Education Minister the Hon. Dr. Clarence Terceira said his Ministry has given its full support to Mr. Butler, and the school's teachers.

Moreover, he said the Discipline Code, which has a section devoted to dealing with the problems illegal drugs present, is in its final stages and will be ready next year.

Dr. Terceira expressed optimism that a crucial element in the war against drugs was in place.

He was referring to the Lions Quest Life Skills programme that is a part of all primary schools' curriculum.

The programme attempts to give young people the ability to make wise choices with a special emphasis on drugs.

Recently, Dr. Terceira said his Ministry received $10,000 to help fund the programme.

Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services Mr. Nelson Bascome encouraged Mr. Butler to "grab the harness''.

"He clearly recognises the problem,'' Mr. Bascome said. "And if each of his students involve their parents he will have 325 students times two parents...he will then have a nucleus to shape and mould his school.'' But Mrs. Bashir said something needed to be done to counter the growing numbers of disenfranchised black youth who congregate on walls throughout the Island.

"We live in a country where black kids do not see themselves represented fully in the establishment,'' she said. "That's more than just the politicians. White children can point to Front Street businesses that their parents either own or are shareholders of, while black kids cannot even see themselves represented in the pictures in City Hall.

"This is the type of alienation that the adult drug dealer preys on.''