Lack of parental care, the bane of pupils’ success – PF

By Edith Igbokwe

After much observation of pupils’ academic performance and disposition to studies, a body, Folorunsho Primary School, Orile Oshodi Parents Forum (PF) said it has identified lack of proper care by parents as the bane of their children’s academic success.

Some of the lapses of parents observed by the body include delaying pupils to go late to school, improper dressing of pupils to school as well as neglect of open day visit.

Others are allowing wards to roam about the streets with their school uniforms on and fail to give them breakfast before leaving for school.

The body also listed improper care for pupils’ educational needs as one of the factors militating against their success.

It stated that the gradual falling away from norms and principles guiding the pupils’ educational background could become insurmountable if not addressed on time.

However, to effect positive changes on the lapses, the Chairman of the Forum, Engr. Joy Omiyale suggested that parents should ensure that they bridge all the identified lapses such as monitoring the pupils’ dressing before they set for school, attending their open days, checking the pupils’ performance and most importantly making sure their wards take breakfast before going to school to avoid bad manners such as begging and stealing of other pupils’ belongings.

He added that every parent should be a monitoring agent to correct pupils who roam about the streets with school uniforms after school hours.

“To successfully go through the process of raising and educating young ones to acquire basic education, needed to face the future, parents are expected to work on the lapses detected from their end,” he said.