George Magoha: Poor parenting causing indiscipline in schools

Lack of parental guidance is slowly making Kenya to become like Sodom and Gomorrah, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has warned.

"Kenya is slowly turning into ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’ because some parents are pampering their children," said Prof Magoha about school unrests that have lately rocked the country.

He added: “This kind of parenting is dangerous, we   should not expect our teachers to teach them good morals.”

"Some students in our secondary schools abuse hard drugs because their parents have given them too much pocket money. Such students should go to day schools where their parents can monitor their behaviour," said Prof Magoha.

He wondered why some parents still insist that such students should be in boarding schools.

Prof Magoha was speaking during the 17th graduation ceremony at Kabarak University in Nakuru County on Friday where he praised the institution for leading in character formation in students.

 "Nobody can be intelligent without good character. Today Kabarak University and Moi High School Kabarak are shining because of good character moulding," said the CS.

He decried the burning of schools by unruly students.

He said next year's national examinations will consider the interference in the academic calendar caused by Covid-19.  

"We are alive to the fact that candidates will be doing the exams under Covid-19 circumstances and they have nothing to fear because the questions they will tackle will not ask them for what they don't know," said Prof Magoha.

He said those making noise about exam preparations and readiness of the students to tackle the tests in March 2022 are raising a false alarm.

"I want to assure parents that by the grace of God the students will do the exams in March 2022. The problem with this country when it comes to matters education is that everybody seems to be an expert and they end up confusing students and parents," said Prof Magoha.

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