{"id":142216,"date":"2015-08-10T17:11:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T17:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=142216"},"modified":"2015-08-10T18:04:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T18:04:41","slug":"parents-to-blame-for-worrying-school-dropout-rate-in-james-town-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/parents-to-blame-for-worrying-school-dropout-rate-in-james-town-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents to blame for worrying school dropout rate in James Town – MP"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Member of Parliament for the Odododiodio Constituency, Nii Lante Vanderpuye has attributed the high school dropout rates among pupils in James Town, a suburb of Accra to the mindset of residents in the area.<\/p>\n
Citi FM<\/strong>\u2019s Nana Boakye-Yiadom last week reported on troubling situation<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in James Town and the consequences on the future of children in the area.<\/p>\n The report revealed that a lot of the children who live in the area had dropped out of school to fish or sell while teenage pregnancy was also common.<\/p>\n James Town is a predominantly fishing community\u00a0with high levels of urban poverty.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>\u00a0about the issues raised in the report, the MP for the constituency who is also the Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development said, the parents in the community preferred spending on funerals instead of educating their children.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are people who when they have a funeral do not mind going to borrow for the funeral for three days of\u00a0 enjoyment and activity buying (funeral) cloth for the different days. On Monday they come asking for school fees from me,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n