The importance of parental involvement

TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor,
All the fuss about why some students did badly at the last Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations has now descended into an opportunity for political gain. So many from the opposition parties are looking for opportunities to blame everyone, except themselves.
Everything in the country now seems to descend into a political blame game. One letter writer recently stated that the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C), particularly the Guyana Police Force, was to be blamed for an accident, where a bus toppled and took two lives.
The Education Ministry has responded to say that parental involvement has a strong impact on student achievement. The good and the bad students come from all classes and races of people.
Some parents are not educated, but their input revolves around ensuring that their children stay with their books. It is a simple case of how much work was put in by the students.
If there is no one there to ensure this kind of input, they will do badly.
All the critics should go and see who did badly and what are their backgrounds in terms of their family structure. We have too many absent fathers in many homes and this creates the imbalance, where many children are in the care of single mothers and other relatives.
Outside of the academics, this has many social and psychological setbacks too. A father’s involvement in schools is associated with the higher likelihood of a student getting mostly better grades.
May we be honest? We need to take responsibility for our children. Even in the event of separation, children must be taken care of. They end up losing out on what is rightfully theirs.
Sincerely,
Jamal Sunich

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