Three Grade six school girls in Madamani sub location in Ganze Sub County in Kilifi County who dropped out due to early marriages and pregnancies have been rescued and returned to school, Education News has reliably established.
Speaking to Education News at Matanomanne shopping centre recently, Madamani sublocation Assistant Chief, Bryson Amini Kenga said that the three school girls were rescued and returned to school following a crackdown conducted by his office and joint efforts of village elders in the area.
Kenga noted that the government is fully committed in ensuring that it offers quality education to all children in the area irrespective of gender.
“Education is the only key factor towards the country’s rapid development,” noted the administrative official.
He urged all education stakeholders in the area to team up and take all school age going children to school without fail, cautioning that parents who will refuse to take their children to school will immediately be arrested and prosecuted.
The sub chief added that the area’s rapid developments need educated people who will be charged with the responsibility of designing, planning and implementing community development projects.
He urged parents to take the education of their children seriously, alluding that education is the only reliable inheritance parents can offer their children.
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At the same time, he appealed to parents to cooperate fully by ensuring that they help instill discipline into their school children and pay fees in time.
“Discipline is the only key towards success in the children’s final national examinations. Parents must take it seriously to have a well-groomed citizen too,” he noted.
Kenga further advised school Boards of Management in the area to fence off their school lands to keep potential land grabbers at bay.
“Many schools in the sublocation have not fenced off their school lands, a situation which put them at risk of grabbing by land developers. Fencing off of school lands assures security.” He said
By Tsozungu Kombe
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