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A counsellor at the Cape Coast Polytechnic, Mrs Esther Amprofi Boham, has appealed to parents and guardians to discontinue the practice of leaving their children to go to school unaccompanied or accompanied by minors. She said the practice, which had become common these days, exposed the children to great danger, such as being knocked down by vehicles, kidnapping and sexual abuse. She said some criminals often took advantage of the absence of an adult to abuse minors who walked to school alone. The Counsellor made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) during the first Speech and Prize-giving Day of the Pleasant Living Spring Academy, a pre-school and basic school in Cape Coast. The theme for the celebration was �Invest in your Children�s Education for a Better Future�. Mrs Boham, who is the proprietress of the school, said in safeguarding the lives of the pupils, the school had a system where parents and guardians had agreed on bringing the kids to school and picking them after school. She explained that though some parents were not co-operating, she was confident that with a little more effort and time they would appreciate the system. Mrs Boham said the school was committed to ensuring that the children had the best of academic and moral upbringing and appealed to people who shared the dream to support the school to complete its building project. Mrs Betty Frimpong, a parent, appealed to parents to not leave the academic work of the pupils to teachers since parents and teachers were partners in the upbringing of the child. She condemned the habit of leaving the safety of children in the care of minors and further advised that proper checks be done before engaging the services of a driver for schoolchildren.