NAIROBI: Schoolgirls have been asked to dissociate from earlier relationships and concentrate in Education.
Women right defender Janet Koech called on the school girls in secondary and primary school to disown sponsors relationships who flash them with money and presents to fall prey to sexual activities.
“It is unfortunate our young school girls have been ruined by emergence of ‘sponsors’ who cheat our girls with goodies to engage in sexual activities. I plead to our school girls to shun sexual activities until they graduate and ready for marriage,” Mrs Koech said.
Speaking on Sunday during the annual mother’s day celebration at Turbo girls’ high school in Uasin Gishu County, Mrs Koech urged parents and teachers to remain strict with their children and ensure they instil discipline to them.
“As parents we all have responsibility to invest in education of our children. It’s regrettable that most of our girls chose to engage in earlier relationships with so called sponsors because most parents do not provide adequate financial support for their children. Sometimes we can blame poverty. But this is what drives most school girls to look for an external financial source,” She said.
She also cautioned students not to burn schools. Mrs Koech said school fire which has been and experienced across the country has affected learning and cause loss of properties that will be a burden to parents.
Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Eldoret West Sub County director Mrs Everlyne Kinaka challenged school girls to compete with male students in technical courses like electrical engineering. Mrs Kinaka said they too can perform better than men in such course.
“I challenged girls to invest in engineering and other technical course in the university. There is no course reserved for men which a girl can’t do. In fact girls will perform better than boys in those technical course,” Mrs Kinaka said.
She said they will streamline education curriculum to curb examination cheating in the institutions.
The TSC director also asked the Turbo girls school principal to identify the neediest students in the school that she will offer.
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