Navigating a school out of danger
Friday, September 15, 2023 | 170 Views |
The reasons why it can be a tall order to navigate a school out of danger are many and varied. One of the factors affecting negatively the overall health of a school system is absence of a shared vision and clarity of purpose.
A vision should not exist in the head of a leader or management. Shared dreams and aspirations promote unity of purpose and mind while lack of clarity of purpose sows the seeds of discord and misunderstanding.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...