I always get shocked seeing students misbehaving as if there are no rules and regulations in their respective schools. I would not be wrong to say that such students are obliged to be independent in whatever they do regardless of what school rules and regulations stipulate. Most of these students engage in unhealthy acts like smoking cigarettes and drugs, and it is threatening that most of the hooked ones are teenagers. One would say that children get more disciplined at home than at school, which is contrary to what I think many people imagine. In most cases children are respectful and answerable for whatever they do at home, but when they are at school, they behave as if they are in no man’s land. Who is to blame when students behave the way they want? They need an iron hand to guide them. Since school is a place where someone gets life guidelines, if such misbehaviour of children is left unchecked we will have no future. As recently reported that Genocide ideology is rampant in schools, this might be a result of unchecked bad character among some students, whose end result might be harmful. It is secondary students you will find in clubs taking beers and fighting. If these children are not handled right, we will have problems in future because they may turn out to be a nuisance. Muhanga-Southern Province
