Lawyer calls for discussions on deteriorating academic performance of boys in schools
By Dickson Odhiambo
December 13, 2020
Lawyer calls for discussions on deteriorating academic performance of boys in schools
THE deteriorating academic performance of boys in institutions of learning is a very worrying trend, a lawyer has said.
Former President of the East African Law Society James Aggrey Mwamu says there has been a very disturbing trend of boys performing dismally in academic matters right from Primary to institutions of higher learning than the girls in the country.
Mwamu says the trend shows that boys no longer top in classes as girls are now outshining them academically.
Addressing pupils and students of primary and secondary schools he visited during donation of Covid kits by Mwalimu Japheth Mwamu Foundation, Mwamu said in a number of schools he has visited while encouraging students to take academic work seriously, the trend has shown that in some schools no male child is in position one to five which is now being occupied by their female counterparts.
Mwamu says this is a very worrying trend which now calls for all the stakeholders effort to help in addressing it and an amicable solution be found.
“In some schools I have visited, boys are not appearing anywhere in top five and this is very worrying indeed hence something must be done,” Mwamu says.
Mwamu says some of the reasons which has been given
by teachers include too much absenteeism
especially on the part of boys who are days schools, adding that some of them
engage in boda boda riding where the get some money hence making them deviate
from academic work thus affecting their general academic performances.
“Some of the reasons also include boys who do some manual work like sand harvesting, fishing and boda boda riding to earn some little money hence this make them to veer off from their academic lane loosing concentrations,” he says.
Mwamu adds that the poor academic performance of boys in schools can also be attributed to peer influence and effects of abusing alcohol and drugs.
He says there have also been decreased enrollment of the boy
child in schools, adding that in most schools there are fewer boys than girls
in schools including mixed day schools.
He says if such a problem is not addressed urgently then it will affect the future of the boys not only in Kisumu County but also in the entire country.
“As a community we need to sit down and address this because it will really affect the future of the boys in the country. The earlier this is done the better,” he adds.
He says this problem should never be left alone to teachers, adding that parents and other stakeholders should join hands in addressing this.
Mwamu adds that there will be need for an affirmative action to save the boy child from demise and completely getting out of hand in terms of educational advancement.
“We are asking the community leaders to help teachers on this matter before it gets out of hand otherwise we are going to lose a generation and may never recover them in the near future.
Meanwhile, a total of 29 public schools in Kisumu County have benefited from the donation of Covid 19 kits from Mwalimu Japheth Mwamu Foundation.
The items which has been donated include water tanks for hand washing, sanitizers and face masks.
Last week three more schools namely Saint John Oriang, Got Nyabondo Primary and Secondary schools benefited from the kitty alongside 26 other schools that had earlier benefitted from such a donation.
The President of Mwalimu Japheth Mwamu Foundation James Aggrey Mwamu says there is need for more well-wishers to donate such items to schools in various parts of the country.
The Foundation targets 100 schools to benefit from the donations and has so far reached out to 29.
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