Mr Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, Nkoranza South District Chief Executive, has urged parents to play their respective roles as stakeholders in their children's education to complement government efforts.
Mr Agyekum was addressing a meeting of parents and teachers at Kyeredeso at the weekend to find out why the school scored zero percent in this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The first batch of 17 candidates made up of 10 boys and seven girls of Kyeredeso District Assembly Junior High School all failed in the examination.
"As the government tries to provide school blocks, text books and exercise books as well as teachers and increase in workers' remuneration, parents should also support their children to become successful in their education".
The DCE expressed regret about how some parents shirked their responsibility and allowed their children to go wayward, saying such negative practices caused some children to engage in social vices.
Mr Agyekum emphasized that education "is a right for every child and parents who deny or refuse to support their children's education can be prosecuted at the law courts".
He deplored the attitude of some women to push all the family's responsibilities on their husbands and emphasized that the upbringing and education of children were a shared responsibility of the husband and wife.
The DCE called on couples to pool their resources to educate their children so they would become useful citizens in future.
Madam Phillipa Banson, District Director of Education, appealed to parents to collaborate with teachers towards the promotion of discipline and improved academic standards in the communities.
She urged teachers in the area to redouble efforts to avoid a repetition of the poor performance of students of the school in the BECE.
Mr Otis Baffoe, Assistant Headmaster of the school, complained that truancy and absenteeism among the students were major challenges affecting the work of the teachers.
Some parents engaged their children in farming activities at the peak of the maize and yam seasons and most of the children also preferred to watch video shows in the night, practices that had led to the breakdown of discipline in the school, Mr Baffoe said.
Nana Tweneboa Kodua, Odikro, who presided, gave the assurance that he would meet with the people to map out the necessary strategies to enhance the standard of education in the community.