FAILURE TO NIP things in the bud at the primary school level can result in “some of these students’ actions becom[ing] in some cases entertainment for public consumption” at secondary school.
President of the Association of Public Primary School Principals (APPSP), Ivan Clarke, noted this yesterday as he reiterated his call for more guidance counsellors in primary schools.
“You find that children who move on, who don’t get the attention they should at primary level, when they get to secondary schools the problems manifest themselves. And because sometimes we’re overwhelmed in the primary schools [because] they’re not trained persons, or you have to wait on the Ministry of Education for help and they too are overwhelmed . . . some of these problems are not attended to,” Clarke told the DAILY NATION at the APPSP annual general meeting at The Savannah Hotel.
Addressing the issue of showing private parts in schools, Clarke said it was “quite natural” for the little ones who would be curious.
“But after a certain age, you will find that that’s a problem. What we have done, though, and what some schools do is we call on the Child Care Board,” the veteran school administrator said.
