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30 pupils from same school go on maternity leave in just one term
10 May 2014 at 13:39hrs | Views
Thirty pupils at Kaoma High School in Zambia have gone on maternity leave in the first term of this year alone.
Head teacher Jonathan Mukenge said ten pupils who had come from basic schools have proceeded on maternity leave when they were barely in grade ten, an indication that they were pregnant even before joining Kaoma High School.
Mr Mukenge, who made the revelation during a consultative stakeholders' meeting for the Kaoma District Education Board, said out of the 30 pupils, 12 were day scholars while the other eight were boarders.
He called for the involvement of all stakeholders to curb the problem which has become rife at the institution.
And Kaoma District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Sendoi Mutumba implored stakeholders to come up with an action research to understand the cause of the problem.
Parents have been urged to take an active role in the input and output of education.
Head teacher Jonathan Mukenge said ten pupils who had come from basic schools have proceeded on maternity leave when they were barely in grade ten, an indication that they were pregnant even before joining Kaoma High School.
Mr Mukenge, who made the revelation during a consultative stakeholders' meeting for the Kaoma District Education Board, said out of the 30 pupils, 12 were day scholars while the other eight were boarders.
And Kaoma District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Sendoi Mutumba implored stakeholders to come up with an action research to understand the cause of the problem.
Parents have been urged to take an active role in the input and output of education.
Source - LusakaTimes
