Oneeya parents withdraw children from school
Parents of Oneeya Combined School learners on Tuesday withdrew their children from classes until further notice, following the removal of grade 10 classes from the school at the beginning of the academic year.
This means that all lessons have been suspended, with the parents promising to return the learners only once they have received a satisfactory answer.
Spokesperson of the parents' committee, Joshua Nghishiikoh, said the parents withdrew their children from the school, because the regional education director is refusing to meet with them on the matter.
“The issue is that we want grade 10 to remain at Oneeya, as our children are currently travelling a long distance of 20 kilometres to Uuhua Combined School, the nearest school with grade 10,” Nghishiikoh narrated.
He said parents last month petitioned the offices of the local inspector of education and the regional director to revoke the decision to remove grade 10 classes from Oneeya.
“We also asked the regional director to sit and talk with him, but he rejected our request and keeps ignoring our demand for him to come and discuss the matter with us,” Nghishiikoh explained.
He reiterated that the children will go back to classes only after a satisfactory answer is provided.
Omusati education director Laban Shapange said he could not respond to the parents' petition because it was addressed to the education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa.
Shapange, however, promised to meet with the parents at the school on Wednesday to explain and give them the reasons why grade 10 classes were removed from Oneeya.
“It is in the hands of the school principals to inform the parents on any change taking place in our education system, but it seems this was not the case,” said Shapange.
Oneeya CS previously offered classes from grades 0 to 10.
Grade 10 classes have been removed from some schools with the rollout of the revised curriculum at secondary school level.
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This means that all lessons have been suspended, with the parents promising to return the learners only once they have received a satisfactory answer.
Spokesperson of the parents' committee, Joshua Nghishiikoh, said the parents withdrew their children from the school, because the regional education director is refusing to meet with them on the matter.
“The issue is that we want grade 10 to remain at Oneeya, as our children are currently travelling a long distance of 20 kilometres to Uuhua Combined School, the nearest school with grade 10,” Nghishiikoh narrated.
He said parents last month petitioned the offices of the local inspector of education and the regional director to revoke the decision to remove grade 10 classes from Oneeya.
“We also asked the regional director to sit and talk with him, but he rejected our request and keeps ignoring our demand for him to come and discuss the matter with us,” Nghishiikoh explained.
He reiterated that the children will go back to classes only after a satisfactory answer is provided.
Omusati education director Laban Shapange said he could not respond to the parents' petition because it was addressed to the education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa.
Shapange, however, promised to meet with the parents at the school on Wednesday to explain and give them the reasons why grade 10 classes were removed from Oneeya.
“It is in the hands of the school principals to inform the parents on any change taking place in our education system, but it seems this was not the case,” said Shapange.
Oneeya CS previously offered classes from grades 0 to 10.
Grade 10 classes have been removed from some schools with the rollout of the revised curriculum at secondary school level.
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