By Jino Wilson<\/p>\n
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Authorities in Budi County, Eastern Equatoria State, are planning to use a recently established Community Policing Task Force (CPTF) to enforce school attendance.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The announcement was made during a launch of back-to-school campaign on Wednesday February 26, 2024.<\/p>\n “We have trained 72 Community Policing Officers who will assist the government and chiefs in maintaining law and order,” said Ajeo Lomitibong, an administrator who presided over the campaign.<\/p>\n “We will send the CPTF into communities to check households where children are not attending school. Those found neglecting their children’s education will be punished” he continued.<\/p>\n Lomitibong expressed concern about the number of school-aged children staying home due to parental neglect.<\/p>\n “Any parent who fails to send their child to school will be forced to pay a fine or face legal penalties,” he warned.<\/p>\n The administrator also mentioned a “top-down approach” to investigate and follow up with parents in their homes.<\/p>\n However, No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper caught up with a resident of Hai Nairobi who wished to remain anonymous, expressed reservations about the use of the CPTF to enforce compulsory school enrolment.<\/p>\n “Some households have five or six children, and sending all of them to school can be difficult,” the resident said.<\/p>\n “I’m not convinced this task force will effectively address the issue of parents not sending their children to school,” the concerned resident added.<\/p>\n It is important to note that the details of the enforcement measures, including the specific penalties for non-compliance, remain unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Jino Wilson Authorities in Budi County, Eastern Equatoria State, are planning to use a recently established Community Policing Task Force (CPTF) to enforce school attendance. The announcement was made during a launch of back-to-school campaign on Wednesday February 26, 2024. “We have trained 72 Community Policing Officers who[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ajeo-Lomitibong-an-administrator-who-presided-over-the-back-to-school-campaign-launch-in-Budi-County.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22180,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22178\/revisions\/22180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}