Pubdate: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 Source: Daily Graphic (Ghana) Copyright: 2006 Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Contact: http://www.graphicghana.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3662 Author: Benjamin Nana Dadzie PROVIDE COUNSELLORS FOR ALL SCHOOLS Dear Editor, Many young people make some mistakes during adolesence which affect them throughout their lives.It is at this stage in their lives that they become very vulnerable and prone to all sorts of vices. Therefore, I suggest that effective counselling be introduced in schools to counsel students in all aspects of their lives. Also, many students constantly face peer pressure and influence from their colleagues. They smoke marijuana with the wrong belief that it will enhance their studies. After learning these bad things from their peers in school, they join the larger society with such habits. Very often young people listen to bad advice from their peers instead of their parents and that later affects them badly. Such people become a burden on their families, communities and the country as a whole. Obviously, they tend to make the community unsafe to live in. I wish to suggest that the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports should provide counsellors for all schools, especially secondary schools. Benjamin Nana Dadzie, Takoradi - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake