The call on parents to take full responsibility for their children during this long holiday has continued to dominate many school-closing speeches in Mombasa County.
Education stakeholders, among them academicians, teachers, and religious leaders, have called on parents to focus on mentoring their children warning them against leaving them under the care of their relatives.
Speaking at Aga Khan Social Hall during Mafanikio Sacco Special General Meeting, Knut Executive secretary Mombasa County Abdi Aden challenged parents to help nurture their children’s talents, saying the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) is skill-based and not knowledge-based.
“The advantage of the new system is that it focuses on skills and not knowledge. This will enable the learners to get jobs easily after school as they will venture where their talent is,” he said.
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Abdi called on parents to be good stewards of their children and usher them into a bright future by building their skills.
“An educated person is not the same as someone who has not gone to school. Every person requires education so that they can manage their future,” he added.
He also asked parents to nurture their children in a godly manner so that they can be of good character and excel in everything they do.
“A person who excels in what they do will stand before kings. We charge you that if there is anything challenging for your children, ask God to help you so that you can make their dreams come true,” he continued.
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He urged parents to give children their time; and not take them to their grandmothers or send them to the village to stay with their relatives, saying, it’s important to stay with them in order to understand them.
Abdi added that the long holiday period should be an opportunity for parents and guardians to have meaningful conversations with their children and foster discipline.
He also emphasized the need for parents to prompt their children to develop good study habits and time management skills stating that they should be supportive of the good cause of their children at all times.
By Collins Akong’o
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