Parents and Teachers urged to play their respective role effectively

The Upper East Regional Manager of the catholic Education Unit, Daniel Akanyani, has underscored the urgent need for schools to direct their attention to the moral aspect of school education to ensure discipline at all times. Mr. Akanyani made the call in an interview with Radio Ghana at Kongo in the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region. According to him, the success of students depend largely on the performance and attitude of teachers, hence the need for them to inculcate in their subjects, moral discipline, so as to create an enabling environment for effective teaching and learning. Mr. Akanyani said the region over the past few years has witnessed a worrying trend of indiscipline in the form of student unrest in some second cycle schools adding that the situation if not tackled collectively would assume an alarming proportion. He attributed the rising cause of student unrest in the region to the low level of discipline, poor monitoring and supervision, lack of parental guidance and peer pressure among others. Mr. Akanyani, therefore entreated parents and teachers to play their respective roles effectively. This, he explained, is vital since the current culture of discipline in schools is nothing to write home about, compared to the past where students were taught good moral values as part of their school lessons. Mr. Akanayani also encouraged students to channel their grievances through effective dialogue and not take the law into their own hands by destroying the few infrastructural facilities provided by the government and stakeholders in the educational sector. Student rioting and demonstration he added are not the best solution to addressing grievances but rather affects the academic calendar.
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