The minister for education and sports Jessica Alupo has challenged all parents to educate their children in order to benefit from them at the time of marriage.

According to Alupo, educating children fetches honors for the parents in the community whenever such children especially girls are introducing their husbands.

She told a gathering that turned up for her introduction ceremony in Katakwi over the weekend that an educated child gives pride to the parents’ home and raises their status in the community.

She says that even those who intend to marry in such well learned families tend to treat their wives with a lot of dignity unlike in some families where children go for marriages even before completing O’level.

Alupo challenged parents to always ensure that their children are kept in school until they finish so that they can be able to make informed marriage choices to avoid break ups.