Rewarding performance will attract children to Education

Editor,I always like reading Mugisha’s articles in The New Times. It’s good that you have made the point clear. I think this should be forwarded to the concerned Ministry. It’s our responsibility as educationists to ensure that the young generation gets more interests in education.It’s the reason why I’m commending Imbuto Foundation for having done a great job of rewarding and recognising great academic performers countrywide. It would be better if we borrow a leaf from them because what they’ve actually done is implanting competitiveness and excellent performance into our children.I personally believe in a free economy that is driven by the forces of demand and supply. However important something maybe without investing in it to attract young people, it might be quite hard to influence them.John M, Kigali,Rwanda***********************The reason why the media focus on sport and music is simply because of money. Would you pay to go to King Faisal Hospital to watch a specialist surgeon operating on someone? Would you pay to go to Kigali International Airport to watch Esther Mbabazi taking off in a Boeing? I don’t think so.But you would definitely pay to go at Amahoro National Stadium and catch a game, say, between Rayon Sports and APR FC. You’d probably pay to catch a Jay Polly concert... That is why media would invest where you put your money to convey a message to you. Rwanyonga, Kigali, Rwanda***********************This is a spot on article. We are all obsessed with celebrities. The private media (I mean local radio stations) have made prolonging sports programmes into an art where they can even discuss Messi’s boots for hours. Most of them are part of this generation that is allergic to reading and deep thought analysis. That’s why it’s easier for them to discuss football to death than come up with any meaningful programme.That’s also the reason why during the commemoration, those radios are short of programmes and they decide to opt for religious/mourning themed songs endlessly.So if you drop sports programmes, I’m sure many of them will be in serious trouble and they will be left clueless. That’s the condition of some of the radio stationsEd, Kacyiru, RwandaReactions to Stephen Mugisha’s commentary, “My daughter wants to be a Knowless”, (The New Times, May 28)

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Rewarding performance will attract children to Education