BCP women launch education petition
Baboki Kayawe | Tuesday March 14, 2017 16:04
The petition, which will run for a month, starting next Monday will focus on a number of issues bedevilling the education system.
BCPWL president, Daisy Bathusi told the press that as mothers, they would utilise the women’s history month to highlight five priority issues in education.
These are; the declining national examinations results, deteriorating schools’ infrastructure resulting in children being taught under trees, automatic progress in basic education which she termed “the mass production approach”, the failure of the system to educate and empower learners for employment and opportunities readiness as well as escalating state of corruption in institutions of learning.
“The mass production approach, where the primary concern is the numbers that are pushed through each level with total disregard for quality, is a trend that seems to be indifferent or oblivious of the ongoing destruction of our children’s future,” Bathusi said.
Consequently, destroying the country’s economy and democracy, she noted.
She further argued that the state of affairs has not only relegated “our children to certificated, uneducated and unemployable youth, but a to state of despondency, inadequacy and desperation” on a yearly basis.
Our children are offloaded into the streets to face a very bleak future”.
Moreover, the BCPWL is accusing Government of inducing corruption in learning institutions whereby “friends and cronies are enriched at our children’s expense.”
“Our children have been turned into renegades as they protest against the useless, unaccredited courses that they are made to do under Government sponsorship, a total waste of taxpayers’ money,” she said.
The women’s league said since they know the pains of bringing up and raising children, they are saying enough is enough.
“We cannot continue to look on whilst the Government is killing our children, our legacy and our future,” they said.
BCPWL has appealed to the nation to join them on the “bold mission” whose target is 5,000 signatures. They will travel the length and breadth of the country to create awareness in areas where social media accessibility is limited.