The chairman of Ibarapa East Local Government, Lanre Olaosegba has blamed the increase of teenage pregnancies and school drop out on parents.
He said this while speaking with Ibarapa Update at the opening match of the Ido/Ibarapa champions football competition at the Eleruwa stadium on Monday, 24th October, 2011.
According to him, it is the responsibility of the parents to send their words to school and ensure they are in school and not elsewhere. “Truly, youths are not interested in education again but we discovered that children spend more time with their parents than in school, therefore, we have to back to the base and ensure adequate home training”, he added.
Speaking on his plans, Olaosegba said his administration is ready to organize a reorientation programme for the parents to avoid indulging pupils or secondary school students in activities that are detrimental to their future by their parents.
“In our meeting with all principals in local government and Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) about six weeks ago, it comes to reality that teachers cannot be blamed for seeing students at cinema houses, games centre, markets while they ought to be in school. When our parents are curbed, all will return to normalcy”, he added.
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