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Local leaders and police in Ngoma and Karongi districts have drawn strategies of ensuring concerns of school dropout are addressed.
During the two separate meeting, it was observed by that parents play a prime role in ensuring that their children do not drop out of schools.
This came after it was found that 76 children had dropped out of school in Sake Sector in Ngoma while in Karongi the figure stood at 19.
The Executive Secretary of Sake Sector, Gloriose Mukayiranga urged parents to take a lead in ensuring children’s welfare.
“Encourage your children to go to school. It is through education that your children will live a better life and also contribute to national development,” Mukayiranga told the residents said.
The meeting was also attended by parents of the children, who dropped out of school.
She also made a reference to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that every child has the right to education to develop their “personality, talents, mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential.”
The Eastern Region Police Spokesperson Inspector of Police (IP) Jean Bosco Dusabe who attended the meeting, also told parents that majority of the children, who dropped out of school are mainly found in markets, where they are sent by their parents.
Majority are aged between 10 and 17 years.
“Engaging children in such activities itself can influence them to drop out of school, and we can’t allow that, because by law, any parent who denies a child education will be held accountable, accordingly,” IP Dusabe told the gathering.
A similar meeting held in Karongi, local leaders and police met with families of children who dropped out of school and reminded them of their obligations.
