Parents urged to ensure children receive historic education

Parents urged to ensure children receive holistic education

Parents and teachers have been encouraged to take up the responsibilities of ensuring that children receive a holistic education that will make them responsible and ready for the future.

Barima Okofo Kwabena Obeng ll, the Chief of Sefwi Pataboso, who made the call, emphasized that education was the most useful creation of mankind and would not be achieved holistically without a strong relationship between parents, teachers, and the child.

The Abakomahene of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area was speaking at the Trinity TV EBA KIDS MUSICAL CONTEST AT BIBIANI. 

The traditional ruler said it was necessary parents and teachers identified the roles of their wards to make it possible for them to unearth their potentials, adding that could be achieved only if parents had good relationships with their children.

He said in other to unleash the potentials of pupils and students, class teachers and implementors of educational policies as well as parents must serve as role models.

“You must mentor them to be able to realise their potentials to build them morally,” he said.

Barima Okofo Kwabena Obeng ll, again called on parents and teachers to engage students in healthy moral conversations in order to instil in them the sense of discipline and uprightness.

“Let’s be their counselors, as you offer solutions to all their problems and get them involved in co-curriculum activities. Also, help them to make informed decisions on their religious invitation and make them appreciate the need for this whole progress in the society.

“Parents and teachers must help students to stay away from physical, sexual and emotional abuse as well as accept their weakness and acknowledge their achievement,” he stated.

He noted that students were the recipient of the entire process of the holistic education, therefore they must learn and participate in all their class assignments and homework.

He on all stakeholders to play their respective roles in ensuring that children would be mentored into adulthood with their full potentials and God-given talents recognised.

Source:Bibianinews.com