Prevalence of covid19 in schools worrying
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Prevalence of covid19 in schools worrying
Bosetu president Winston Radikolo says thus far more than 50 schools have been affected by COVID – 19.
“This goes out to tell that there is deficiency in our schools when it comes to putting in place the preventative protocols. As we indicated before when we queried that schools were not ready for re – opening, it has now come to pass that our fears were not far – fetched”.
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...