Kisii County Director of Education Diana Wekesa has urged parents from the county to help identify special talents in their children and help nature them.
Speaking on Tuesday in her office, Wekesa urged parents to help discover special ‘edge’ of their young ones and help nature it.
She said many parents insisted only on education and ignored special talents which would as well help the child in future.
“We all love education and that is how it should be. However, let us remember that apart from education, a child can thrive economically if a special talent such as singing, sports and many other co-curricular activities are discovered in him or her,” said Wekesa.
“The only problem we have as parents is that many of the parents just want to see their children competing academically and excelling. That should not be the case. It is important to also realise that not all of us can do well in academics,” said Wekesa.
She said talent was paying handsomely citing last year’s emergence of Lupita Nyong’o who won Oscar Awards as the best supporting Actress.
“It does not mean that if you help your child thrive in co-curricular activities then he or she will not perform better in class work. Sometimes you can have a child who performs well in class and can as well act like Lupita Nyong’o and I believe we have quite a number of them,” added Wekesa.