Having seen and experienced misunderstandings and lack of communication between teachers and parents, Diepkloof’s very own, Siphiwe Mukhari decided to write a book for the benefit of children.
‘Dear Parent’ is the title of the book and according to Mukhari it’s a book that seeks to arouse a desire and cultivate a breed of a parent who will be actively involved in their children’s education.
It is important to note that the book is not meant to parent-shame any parent but to share a few tips that can benefit school children.
Having had some experience as a teacher, Mukhari says that she has realised that the education system has been failing the children and putting so much strain on teachers.
“I have realised that most of our parents are not involved and that discourages the children and thus, teachers are left with the burden of being the ones to encourage and motivate children and at the same time having to teach them. You know you will find incidents where you send letters to parents countless times and they don’t respond, it is so discouraging,” said Mukhari.
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“The only way we can have schools that are performing well is if both parents and teachers work together in grooming these children. So, this book will help parents or guardians exercise their parenting skills to groom young ones into disciplined, committed, and responsible citizens of our beautiful nation.”
Mukhari says that discipline is another major issue, she feels that if parents met teachers halfway, teachers wouldn’t battle with disciplining learners.
“Our government is working very hard to ensure that we groom and mentor a non-disciplined and immoral generation whereby children have power over teachers, we are in danger of having drop-outs from Grade R due to lack of discipline and parental commitment,” she said.
Dear Parent is available and was published by ParExcellenc SA, Mukhari says that she struggled with getting a publisher, and now that she is sorted with it, marketing and promoting her book is a hassle. The book was launched last year November.
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