”It is the responsibility of parents and the community to ensure that children attend school and are retained till completion, “ Dr Essuman, a former Chief Director of the Ministry of Education, told the GNA. He was reacting to recent media reports on high school dropout rate in the Komenda-Edna-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality in the Central Region. Dr. Essuman said dropout rates were high where poverty was prevalent but said that was no excuse for parents and community members to shirk their responsibility and sacrifice the future well-being of their children. He said research showed fishing was lucrative to children and some were attracted to it and because of that, they felt reluctant to attend school. Dr. Essuman expressed disappointment that children played truant with the knowledge of parents and other members of the community. He appealed to parents and community members to create conditions at home and in school that were conductive to support the educational development of their children. Turning to the role the school and the district assemblies, Dr. Essuman said the two institutions, with the support of chiefs and community leadership should collaborate and enforce bye-laws that would check child delinquency and child labour in all forms during school hours.
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