KOLE, UGANDA: The deputy Resident district Commissioner (RDC) for Kole district, Mr. Trevor Solomon Baleke has urged parents to equally emphasize education for both girls and boys.
Mr. Baleke said this on Wednesday while officiating as the chief guest at the event as primary schools in Kole celebrated their good performance in this year’s athletics at the national level where they scooped several medals.
“If you only focus on educating the girl child while boys are left loitering and grazing cattle, your educated daughter will get married to a herder who won’t even allow her to work,” he said.
Mr. Baleke urged parents whose children are in school to make sure that all children, both boys and girls of school going age in their neighborhood are sent to school.
“You should get more concerned when your neighbour’s son is not in school yet your daughter is studying and the vice versa. This is because the uneducated might end up either influencing your child to drop out of school or engage them into acts that may affect their school life,” he warned.
He also urged parents having children with special needs not to neglect them but take them to school.
The Deputy RDC says that sports was one of the most profiting and paying ventures in the world and urged parents and schools not to sit on the talents of children.
He urged parents to increase their engagement with their children’s education in order to improve on their standards.
“Parents must play a greater role in instilling social skills in children before the age of three. Proper social skills equip a child to develop advanced cognitive skills during the school years,” Mr Baleke said.
Mr. Baleke insisted that there should be a strong connection between parents and their children’s schools, and for parents to spend quality time with children at home.
“And I can tell you, my sister Caroline Angolere, the RDC has told me to assure you that as office of the president, we shall always support you in whichever activities aimed at making your future bright,” he said while pointing at the school children.
Kole district emerged sixth in the national athletics of primary pupils with special needs.
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