Classes were called off in early on Wednesday morning at Oberlin High in St Andrew in Jamaica after students reportedly fell to the ground screaming and some fainting during a morning devotion.
A staff of the school told Observer Online that more than 200 students collapsed in the incident.
A staff told the news medium that a female teacher was talking to the students about their behavior and decided to pray for them because she said “she got a message” from GOD. Shortly after the teacher started praying, students started shaking and “dropping”.
The affected students were reportedly transported to the Lawrence Tavern Health Centre, Stony Hill Health Centre and Kingston Public Hospital.
It was also learnt that the school, the principal and board members had a meeting concerning the incident.
The country’s Ministry of Education stated that it is investigating the incident and will provide details to the public on what transpired at the school.
One of the affected students who spoke with Radio Jamaica News, said she and her fellow classmates became disorientated during devotion. She also said she does not know exactly how many students fainted.
The student said: “So, we were all up there and we were keeping devotion and they start pray and… the teachers got into spirit, and a girl in 11th grade – she’s a prefect at Oberlin High School as well – she got into spirt. And from that, everybody start faint, basically.
“I don’t have a number, but the auditorium of Oberlin High School, that was full, and the nurse’s office was full, and the agriculture lab was full, and outside pickney was actually fainting again, over and over.”
Antoinette Gray, the acting principal of Oberlin High School, later sought to explain what happened at the school.
She said all students and teachers were participating in general assembly in the school yard when two teachers were given an opportunity to share what she calls a “word” with the students.
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