Parents' involvement in child's education: a catalyst to success

FRANCISTOWN: While every parent expects nothing less than academic excellence from their school-going child, not many of them actively play their part. According to the Principal of John Mackenzie Primary School in Francistown, Pieter Langeveldt, the education of a child should be a partnership between parents and teachers.

Speaking in an interview with Mmegi, he said parents have to become part of the whole school process by getting involved in all aspects of the school curriculum. Langeveldt, who says that his school has a set of consultation days in a year during which parents and teachers meet to discuss issues of common interest, describes the parents of his pupils as "very supportive."