Ikwoto County Education Supervisor advises parents to send their children especially girls to school.
‘Educating a girl is like educating a nation”, Salvatore Loketuk, told parents and guardians, Radio Emmanuel reports.
He was speaking during the welcoming ceremony of Senior Ones and the handing over for the new student leaders of St Mathew Day and Boarding Girls Secondary School in Ikwoto last week.
The Supervisor said parents should not force their girls for marriage.
The Headmaster of the school, Timon Lohure, encouraged children to respect their parents in order to attain academic success.
He urged the learners to have interest in serving others for the betterment of the county, state and the country as a whole.