Stop students from being idle

SIR— I wish to applaud a technique that various school administrators use to keep students busy in the holidays. I am a librarian by profession.

I was particularly impressed by the way some school policies conditioned students to make the best out of the holidays. This prompted me to ask a few students why they were reading more than they used to.
Some pointed out the issue of having tests a day or so after they have reported. Others stressed have to do exams at the beginning of the term.

Firstly, this technique improves on the student’s reading habit/culture.

With this inculcation, no student would perceive reading as a burden but as an obligation.

It reduces idleness in holiday makers and controls moral decadence in students who succumb to peer pressure.

It conditions students to go through the day with an activity schedule.

This technique works as one of the strongest remedies for idleness.

Geoffrey Namukoye
Kamuli