PARENTS SKIP WORK TO APPLY FOR SPACES

MBABANE – It seems as if desperate times have caused some parents to take desperate measures.

In a desperate bid to ensure that their children get an education, some parents missed work and accompanied their children to Lozitha High School to apply.

The parents were found queuing to see the school’s Head teacher, Mandla Mathabela, while others sat outside with their children.
Some of the parents found at the school admitted that their children had applied at other schools as well but had been rejected.

They said they believed that their children would be admitted at Lozitha before the end of the week.
They also said some of their children who had applied for Form I had already been admitted and only those looking for spaces in Form II had challenges.

A parent who spoke on condition of anonymity said her daughter had applied for space in Form II at the school.
She added that her daughter had failed the same class at another school.

Like other parents at the school, she said she had been to other schools with her daughter but she was rejected. The parent was asked if she believed her daughter would pass at the school.

“Teachers can never force children to pass, it has to come from within the children to want to pass,” explained the parent.
The parent added that she did not believe that pupils failed because of teachers. She said pupils always made up reasons why they had failed.
She also said pupils need to take responsibility for their actions and not shift the blame to teachers.

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