By Norah Musega
School heads in Suna West constituency have called upon parents in the area to embrace girl child education.
Speaking during the commissioning of a 45 seater bus at Bishop Masaga Girls, the school heads encouraged parents to register their daughters in girls’ schools near them to help the girls realize their academic dreams.
St Francis Wiga Girls Principal Rosebela Waga reminded parents of the importance of promoting and supporting education.
She urged the parents to contribute towards protecting the girl child education so as to change the face of the region through skilled professionals.
“I applaud the area MP Peter Masara for his immense support towards girl child education in this region,” she said.
St. Celestino Nyangubo Girls Principal Hellen Ndere who called upon parents to learn and understand their children better in a bid to curb early pregnancies which is a challenge in the realization of girl child education.
“We want the girls to conclude their education and achieve their academic and professional dreams. This can easily be attained by curbing early pregnancies in girls within amongst school going girls,” he said
She revealed that they are all focused on leaving a good legacy in their respective schools through producing all round girls who are self-dependent and can contribute towards nation building and inspire other learners to make the country a better place.
Bishop Masaga Ogada Girls Principal Salome Ochieng warned parents against threatening and blaming teachers for poor performance in schools and urged them to instead join efforts with teachers to help in improving their children’s academics.
“Schools are institutions that need the efforts of all stakeholders for the attainment of academic excellence,” she said.
She expressed pride in the fact that the school has witnessed steady academic growth and that through stakeholders’ help, it will continue to scale higher heights.
She told parents that the school won’t condone cheating and that they would rather register what might be considered poor performance but genuine grades.
“We’d rather produce girls with grade C and D who will still manage to secure chances in different tertiary institutions,” he said.
She noted that learners who pass though exam cheating always have a hard time coping with courses at the university and that at times, they drop out of college.
She assured parents that the school has put in place every measure to ensure its mean score goes up by producing more quality grades at the end of the year.
She also applauded the MP for his support towards the school’s infrastructural development and for the bus he purchased to help in transporting learners to academic trips.
