This is the new reality for parents who have always relied on schools to take care of their children for nine months every year. Those interviewed were representatives of teachers’ unions, headteachers’ and parents’ associations and leaders of religious organisations, who asked parents to support their children to get onto the ongoing virtual learning programmes offered by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). Second, parents should involve their children in practical engagements such as farming or domestic chores. They also urged parents to protect the children from vices such as drug and substance abuse and teenage pregnancies. The chairman of the Kenya Primary Schools Headteachers Association Nicholas Gathemia asked parents to support children with learning activities, saying those households with TV sets and smartphones could use radio.

Source: Daily Nation July 15, 2020 06:00 UTC