Dear Editor,
Is it not strange that the head teacher of the Kuru Kuru Primary School can make a “decision” to announce to the PTA meeting without consulting the PTA or the parents concerned.
Yes this teacher has decided without consulting the PTA that a few of the nursery school children who reside three miles away must be collected when school is over at 12.30 pm and if no parent or guardian comes to take them home they will be escorted to the compound gate which is some 1500 metres away and left there by one of the teachers.
This was announced on the February 2 and enforced on the 5.
This teacher should be congratulated on the speedy execution of “her policy” and one hopes that the same applies when enforcing the policies of the Ministry of Education.
This school usually ends at 12.30 pm and the children stay with relatives who work in the compound until the school buses come at 14:30hrs. This is so because there is no regular transportation apart from the school buses.
How can one explain why a few children must face the extremes of climate for three miles while the other children are allowed to remain. Isn’t this another form of child abuse? Who gives this teacher the right to escort these children to the compound gate?
Is the Kuru Kuru nursery school exempt from the protocol which exists with regard to decision making in the PTA?
One would expect the persons placed in authority to exhibit the requisite skills of caution consideration and consultation before arriving at harsh decisions.
It is definitely too early to expose these little children to the harsh reality of discrimination because of where you/they live.
All and sundry are aware that ugly incidents have happened in the past stemming from discrimination, mismanagement, hasty judgment etc.in schools.
I sincerely hope the Kuru Kuru primary and nursery are not heading down this road.
If one child can remain all can remain.
It would be a distinct pleasure if the Regional Education Officer can advise this Head Teacher on this matter.
Yours faithfully,
Yondel Stoby, parent
