By Ann Zulu
GOOD parental care particularly
from fathers will help reduce mass school dropouts among girls, child labour ambassador
Samuel Mutambo has said.
Mr. Mutambo said male parents
had a vital role to play in promoting girl-child education.
He noted that in most cases,
girls were so close to their fathers and that proper care and love from their
male parents would boost their confidence towards education.
“Good care and love from a
male parent would motivate a girl-child to work hard at school, hence help in
the reduction of school dropouts among girls; so fathers have a big role to
play in this,” Mr. Mutambo said.
He also exhorted mothers to
avoid negative tendencies that would induce fathers to abandon their social
responsibilities towards the education of the girl-child.
Mr. Mutambo said it was incumbent
upon women to show respect, love and humility to their husbands so that they
would not neglect their responsibilities.
“Sometimes if wives respect
their husbands, they would probably not neglect their responsibilities to care
for their children especially the girls; so mothers have a role to play in this
as well, by being submissive,” she said.
Mr. Mutambo noted that
majority of fathers stopped giving proper parental care to their children,
especially the girl-child, upon the breakdown of marriages.
He urged fathers to be responsible
and push their daughters to get an education so that they could be responsible
in the future and contribute to national development.
He advised them to give utmost
attention to the development of girl children by providing them with sound and
qualitative education.
“You know fathers have that
authority in them when they speak, so it’s important that they also keep an eye
on the movement of their children, and cultivate a habit of paying them regular
visits at their school so as to ascertain the level of their seriousness and the
company they are keeping,” he said.
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