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School is not a daycare center – Education Director

Tema, Sept. 25, GNA – The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has observed this year’s ‘My First Day at School’ initiative with a call on parents to desist from using schools as a daycare centre for their children.

Mrs Bernice Ofori, the Tema Metro Director of Education, who together with Mr. Yohane Amarh Ashitey, the Tema Metro Chief Executive (MCE), said it was unacceptable for parents to only be interested in dropping off their children at school without supporting their education journey.

Mrs Ofori stated that, “Some of the parents see the school as a daycare centre where they dump their children for them to go about their own work.”

She reminded parents that they had a responsibility to keep their children in school till completion by ensuring they left home every day to school, providing for their educational needs, and collaborating with teachers on their academic growth.

She said on their part, the directorate ensured regular monitoring of their teaching staff to ensure they were imparting the right knowledge to the children at school.