The call on parents to take full responsibility for their children during this long holiday has continued to dominate many school-closing speeches in Narok 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.
Grace Wachira, a Kenyatta University lecturer, 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,” she said.
She 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,” she said.
She was speaking at Blessed Narok Schools during a school closing ceremony, where she 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,” she continued.
Blessed Narok School Director Jane Sankok asked parents to spend quality time with their children, love them, and listen to them so that they can make them better people in society.
“Give those children your time; do not take them to their grandmothers or send them to the village to stay with their relatives. It is important to stay with them in order to understand them,” she urged.
The 2023 school calendar is coming to an end this week as candidates in grades six, class eight, and four prepare to sit for their National Examination.
The schools will reopen in January 2024.
By Ann Salaton
