He made the remarks during a graduation
ceremony for Standard Seven pupils and Pre-Unit at St John Bosco Pre and
Primary School in Kibaha Town on Saturday.
The RC noted that there are parents who
believe in giving money and other expensive gifts to their children
while forgetting that education is the most expensive gift of all.
"I am urging those parents to change
their mindsets from now and start focusing on enabling their children to
go further in their studies," he said.
Expounding, he added that our nation
needs different types of professionals in all sectors including health,
education and others, and the only way to have them is to emphasise on
quality education from nursery to higher education.
He ended by saying that parents should
not leave the whole task of educating the children to teachers alone,
but the two need to work closely on the matter.
The Head of the School, Sister Fabiola,
mentioned that the school has been able to maintain first position in
Standard Seven examinations in Kibaha Town for several years, the secret
being hard work and discipline.
However, she said that the school has no
science laboratory and first aid rooms as well as shortage of buses to
ferry pupils. A total of 27 Standard Seven pupils and 64 Pre-Unit
graduated during the 9th ceremony.
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