The spokesperson for the students of the Modern College of Kokoun (Madinani), Fofana Maflany, urged on Monday, May 31, 2021, parents to send their children to school, during the open day of the establishment.
“For our future, accept, dear parents, to educate our little sisters and our little brothers and stop tearing us out of classrooms for field work or to submit to early or forced marriages”, advised Fofana Maflany.
The students expressed their gratitude to the leaders of the establishment for their availability, their motivation and their advice to them. They also wanted to thank their parents for the moral, financial, spiritual and material support.
The principal of the Modern College of Kokoun, Koné Mamadou, for his part urged all parents of students in the surrounding villages to massively enroll their children in the first nearby college which opened its doors on July 10, 2020, with a staff of 47 students .
This ceremony was furnished with performances by the students, in particular traditional dances, artistic performances and a theater on forced marriage.
Source: Agence Ivoirienne de presse