DISTRICT CONSULTATIONS REPORTS CHAPTER 2: WATER AND SANITATION Challenges ? There are no adequate sources of clean and safe water in the area. Recommendations ? Boreholes should be sunk in all schools and at community centers. ? Clean water should be available in communities and in schools so that the spread of diseases such as cholera is reduced. EDUCATION Challenges ? Teachers are constantly striking due to poor remuneration. This is leading to poor pass rate among children. ? Orphans fail to attend school because of high school fees. ? Some children end at primary level because of shortage of secondary schools. Recommendations ? Teachers must be paid adequately so that they do not strike. ? Poor children must be assisted with school fees, uniforms and stationery. ? There must be transparency on the presidential scholarships which should benefit those who are underprivileged. ? The government must construct more well-resourced secondary schools so that children will not walk long distances to school. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Challenges ? Prefects in schools are beating students. ? Teachers are also beating children excessively. Recommendations ? Prefects must not be allowed to beat children at school. ? Teachers should stop beating up children. ? The new constitution should abolish corporal punishment. CHILD ABUSE Challenges ·“If an egg breaks, it cannot be repaired. In the same way if a child's life is destroyed through abuse, the effects cannot be reversed.” ? Sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect are affecting children. Sexual abuse is resulting in children being infected with STIs and HIV. Recommendations ? Tough sentences will curb abuse of children. “Imagine how hostile a hen is when you try to take its egg. Why can't parents do the same?” CHILD PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESS Children's consultations CONSOLIDATED REPORT 53