The challenges of double shift at Mater Spei
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Speaking to this publication this week, Munyere raised a concern that during the second shift there is a high risk of teachers experiencing fatigue due to exhaustion caused by splitting classes into two.
He said that as a way of maintaining social distancing at the school, they are currently using double shift for the Form 5 group in order to prepare for the second batch of students.
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...