{"id":17753,"date":"2021-09-16T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=17753"},"modified":"2021-09-16T13:10:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:10:17","slug":"lockdown-exposed-parenting-gaps-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/lockdown-exposed-parenting-gaps-experts","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown exposed parenting gaps &#8211; experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>When President Museveni instituted the first lockdown on March18, 2020 to curb the spread of Covid-19, schools were the first to be affected.<\/p>\n<p>This meant that children were now in the hands of their parents for long.<\/p>\n<p>Experts in Mbarara District say parents\u2019 ability to nurture their children was exposed as many failed to keep them at home.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gabriel Ahimbisibwe, the district education officer, said when schools were opened for the candidate classes, few learners turned up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), out of 6,131 pupils that registered to sit for PLE in the district, 313 did not sit for their examinations. Reports indicate that some got married or got jobs,\u201d Mr Ahimbisibwe said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Alice Mwesigwa, a lecturer and the president of Mothers Union Ankole Diocese, said Covid-19 came with so many challenges in families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA parent\u2019s primary responsibility is taking care of a child but they started crying barely a month into the lockdown. Most parents have entrusted their roles with schools and government to the extent that some want their children to go back to school when safety has not been guaranteed,\u201d Dr Mwesigwa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the primary roles of a parent include providing an environment that is safe, teaching morals and values, getting to know your child and ensuring discipline but what is being witnessed in our communities exposes weakness in parenting roles,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Former Mbarara Woman MP Emma Boona said the closure of schools was a wake up call for parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParenting roles have been left in the hands of schools, caretakers even during holidays. Children get out of their parents\u2019 direct care as early as two years to start daycare. What has happened during this lockdown is a wakeup call. We should go back to our cultures and take responsibility for our children, not schools, TVs and caretakers,\u201d Ms Boona said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kellen Ayebazibwe, the district inspector of schools, said some parents pushing for the reopening of schools are not interested in education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the parents I interact with want schools opened to keep children away because they have become a burden. This shows some level of parents\u2019 irresponsibility,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Hamida Nalubega , a parent in Kakoba, Mbarara City, said she had to rescue her son from the streets in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe started coming home late after playing with friends. The day I tried to discipline him, he never came back. We traced him for a week until a neighbour sighted him with fellow street children and informed us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><b>[email protected]<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. When President Museveni instituted the first lockdown on March18, 2020 to curb the spread of Covid-19, schools were the first to be affected. This meant that children were now in the hands of their parents for long. 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