Government says there is no reason for a girl child to drop out of school completely due to Early and Unintended Pregnancies in Itezhi-tezhi District, of Southern Province.
Itezhi-tezhi District Education Board Secretary Maureen Mulendema says government’s re-entry policy, Free Education and World Bank-funded Keeping Girls in Schools is enough for the girl child to continue with school after delivering.
Ms. Mulendema paid special tribute to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO and Family Development Initiatives for rolling out a project dubbed, ‘Let’s Talk Early and Unintended Pregnancies which encourages a girl child to return to school.
“Just like any other district in Zambia, Itezhi-tezhi also has this problem where they have a lot of early pregnancies and marriages,’’ said Ms. Mulendema in a statement issued to RCV News in Lusaka today.
Ms. Mulendema said education authorities in Itezhi-tezhi have been sensitising children through the Guidance and Counselling Department in Schools.
By Chimba Chilopa
