Parents of the Jumapo Anglican Primary and Junior Secondary School in the New Juaben Municipality have suggested that school children who loiter in the night should be punished. They said because of the reaction of some parents when their recalcitrant wards were punished, teachers now look on unconcerned when children indulge in immoral acts. "This can have dangerous consequences for the community if allowed to continue." The parents made the suggestion at Jumapo when the Eastern Regional Manager of Anglican schools, Father Gyebi Danquah, convened a meeting with the teachers and parents to find a solution to the poor performance of the school in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The parents recalled that in the past communities gave teachers the authority to discipline pupils even after school hours and that helped to maintain discipline. The parents also pleaded with the teachers to give off their best with the little facility at their disposal. They complained that because of the capitation grant that had made it impossible for schools to collect levies from parents, some teachers had relaxed and appealed to the teachers to make do with whatever the grant could take care of. The Headmaster of the school, Emmanuel Larbi appealed to the parents to contribute 10,000 cedis per a child to be used to rent accommodation for trainee teachers posted to the school and to held fix doors to protect school furniture. He said the levy had become necessary because the capitation grant could not cater for everything, hence the need for the parents to contribute to supplement the efforts of the government. The Statistician of the Anglican Education Unit, Mrs. Esther Osafo said the performance of the school in the BECE has been falling for the last five years. She said the proposal that the parents should contribute some money would have to be approved by the New Juaben Municipal Assembly and the Municipal Directorate of Education before it could be implemented. Father Danquah promised financial support for 21 JSS students who promised to get between aggregate five and eight in the coming BECE. Source: GNA