Don't pressure SHS graduates to marry - Hajia Kwose to parents
Zadok K. Gyesi
Education
The Principal of the Odumase-Krobo Nursing and Midwifery College, Hajia Marcelina Teni Kwose, has called on parents not to force their female children who complete Senior High Schools (SHS) into marriage.
She said it is worrying that some parents, particularly in the Muslim communities force their female children to get married as soon as they complete SHS.
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She said instead of parents putting pressure on their girl children to get married, they should rather encourage them to either continue their education to the tertiary level or learn a vocation.
Hajia Kwose gave the advice at the 3rd graduation and send-off ceremony for the final year students of the Ghana-Lebanon Islamic School Complex (GLIS) in Accra over the weekend.
"Do not pressure the girls to get married but help them to go to school and secure jobs," she said, adding that the best support parents could give to their children, particularly t