Budaka school headteacher determined to see all children attending school

Joshua Dyambisya Dyatum, Head teacher of Family helper primary school is Budaka district has resorted to going house by house looking for pupils as a measure to end the absenteeism.

According to him, since last week he has so far visited over 5 homesteads to find out why pupils are not coming to school yet they are supposed to be at school.

Speaking to capital radio, Mr. Dyambisya has found that parents do not bother to send their children to school and instead using them for child labor.

The findings in the door to door  survey have prompted him to call for a parents' meeting  for p6 and p7. In this meeting matters to discuss will include the various causes of escalating absenteeism even when promotional exams are drawing close.

He says the meeting will help both parties to come up with possible solutions that will end the vice of absenteeism. He added that if it requires to involve local leaders, they would love to see village chairpersons going house by house in the morning to ensure that no school going child remains at home during school days.

Family helpers, a government aided primary school has a total of 1689 pupils of which 124 are in P7.