The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools
(NAPPS) has reacted to the leaked s..3,ex video involving some juveniles of
Chrisland School, Lagos, who were in a competition of World School Games held
in Dubai recently.
NAPPS noted that parents are to take greater blame for their
children’s behaviour in shaping them to become responsible in society.
Mr Yomi Otubela, the National President of NAPPS, said this
in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday in Abuja.
Otubela said that management of schools and parents must rise up to address moral decadence in society, adding that the acts of portraying moral decadence are not limited to schools as the issue cuts across all aspects of our society.
“Since children are a reflection of the society they live
in, it, therefore, shows that a concerted effort will be needed to nip the
malaise in the bud.
“Sadly, moral decadence has eaten deep into the moral
fabrics of the society and the result is what we are witnessing today in the
society, including our educational institutions.
“Most studies show that parents are to take the larger
portion of the blame for children’s behaviour, hence parents must take a
greater role in shaping their children’s future by inculcating morally
acceptable behaviour in them.
“They must bear in mind that children’s moral development
begins at home. The school is to complement their efforts,” he said.
The national president said that the neglect of parental
responsibility at home had made it a task for schools to achieve much progress.
Otubela said the faulty background of a child would hinder
effective collaboration with the school management to address the identified
challenges.
He said that only effective collaboration between the school
and the home would help to bring out a morally rich child.
“It is sad to note that this much-needed collaboration has
been lacking in our educational system due to societal pressure, which has created
a communication gap between the school and home.
“Parents are not usually present to monitor their children
at home due to pressure from work and unending heavy vehicular traffic,
especially in the city.
“This makes many parents leave home as early as 5 am and
return home from 9 pm in the evening, so there is no quality time with the
children,” he said.
Otubela said that due to the gross reduction in moral
values, parents should pay special attention to the emotional needs of their
children.
According to him, since technological devices became
imperative to advance the course of mankind, parents must ensure that they
devised a means to monitor what their children watch to restrict them from
accessing adult sites at home.
He said that some television programmes, including reality
TV shows, should be properly censored by appropriate government agencies before
allowing them on cable TV.
Otubela advised that every school should have a child
protection policy in place to properly engage parents, staff members, students
and other stakeholders on how to ensure strict adherence to the instructions
contained in the policy.
“Technological devices used by students in schools must be
restricted to ensure students are limited to educational sites only.
“Parenting programmes should also be organised periodically
by the school authorities to sensitise parents and the school on how to
appropriately deal with negative issues regarding their children,” he said.
Otubela, who condemned in its entirety the act as depicted
in the said video involving the minors, appealed for caution from members of
the public.
He called on the public to refrain from making unsavoury
comments over the issue for the sake of the mental well-being of the minors
involved.
He further appealed to relevant stakeholders to pay equal
attention in counselling the boy-child just “as it is done for the girl-child
as both need to be fully guarded and provided for as they approach puberty.’’
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