- Likuyani MP Innocent Mugabe has urged parents to play a greater role in disciplining their children to curb rising cases of truancy and school unrest.
- He said teachers should focus on imparting knowledge while parents take primary responsibility for instilling values and discipline.
- The MP spoke while visiting Friends Senior School–Kongoni after a dormitory fire that displaced 150 students.
Likuyani MP Innocent Mugabe has urged parents to take full responsibility for raising and disciplining their children to help curb the rising cases of truancy and indiscipline in schools.
Mugabe said the primary role of teachers is to impart knowledge, while parents should take responsibility for instilling values, discipline and good character in their children.
Parents urged to play their role
He said many parents had abdicated their responsibility of nurturing positive values among their children.
According to the MP, some parents even incite their children against teachers, particularly those who enforce discipline.
“Our current generation of parents have failed to take good care of their children and left the entire responsibility to teachers who should be focused on education matters,” said Mugabe.
“Some parents even insult and assault teachers who instil discipline in their children. This is why we are witnessing a new level of indiscipline in our schools leading to unrest,” he added.
Support for fire-hit school
The MP made the remarks while visiting Friends Senior School–Kongoni in Likuyani Constituency to assess the damage caused by a fire that destroyed a dormitory accommodating 150 students.
He donated 200 mattresses to support the affected learners and pledged to provide blankets and food supplies.
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Mugabe also announced that the Likuyani National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) would allocate additional resources to support the school’s recovery.
“I will work with well-wishers to mobilise more resources to assist the affected students and help rebuild the destroyed dormitory to restore normalcy and ensure learning resumes,” he said.
By Shitsili Kulabi
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