Hundreds of parents from Mwongori village in Borabu constituency on Tuesday held a crisis meeting following the increasing number of children dropping out of school.
The meeting, convened by area chief David Ogega, resolved that parents and teachers to take personal responsibility and report the cases to the administrators for a decisive action.
Teachers were further asked to take daily roll calls and counsel students who do not appear to be very passionate in learning.
“Education is very fundamental in any society and we cannot continue watching our children dropping out of school," said Evans Onyari.
"It’s upon parents and teachers to take personal responsibility to ensure children are in school. Teachers should also counsel children who are anti-academics.”
Mr Ogega vowed to take daily check in different households to ensure that all school-going children take advantage of free primary education.
“I have spoken to village elders and they have agreed to assist us to carry out daily checks to ensure every child is in school. That will take effect immediately,” Mr Ogega said.
They also asked the government, through the police department, to execute an operation at the nearby Chepilat township to rescue a number of under-aged children who have ventured into illegal activities.
“Some children are being misused in Chepilat and time has come for the government to execute an operation and rescue those children some of them who are doing manual jobs,” said Orina Thomas.