Just when we thought education crisis was now water under the bridge, this past week's events prove otherwise. Only that, this time it has nothing to do with teachers but students behaving badly. Incidences of students' indulging in sex and alcohol are becoming a worrying trend.
Over 550students, most of them minors were arrested in a sex, alcohol and drugs party in Eldoret Town. Few days later, eight secondary school students were arrested when they were allegedly found indulging in sexual activities in a Kisumu discotheque. This came barely two months after another 40 students from Nyeri were arrested for similar reasons.
With the incidents such as the aforementioned ones becoming more pervasive it begs to question, are those responsible for keeping teenagers in check becoming less versed in what kinds of discipline have much effect on student behaviour?
It is important to recognize that proper discipline is predicated on understanding what arouses teenagers to opt for what many view as sybaritic lifestyles. Needless to say, times have changed and the things that drive teenagers to immoral behaviour are very much different from those of the past. Many maintain the belief that advances in technology and easy access to online content is largely to blame for the moral decay among the teenagers. Others say it is poor family values in today's homes.
While typical punishments may work, most experts enjoin that ensuring a strong bond forged between a child and the parent/guardian is very much key in maintaining a child's decency and in disciplining them. A strong relationship ensures high reliance on parents/guardians for advice such as those pertaining to propriety, manners and morality. Parents and guardians are however not the only ones to be held responsible. Each and every one of us has a role to play to ensure we live in a society that upholds morality and good behaviour.
