Zimbabwe: Most HIV/Aids Orphans Failing to Pay School Fees -- Study

31 January 2007

Harare — GOVERNMENT should increase funding for the Basic Education Assistance Module as the majority of vulnerable children are dropping out of school owing to failure to pay fees, a parliamentary portfolio committee heard yesterday.

A study conducted recently by the National Aids Council in some parts of Zimbabwe revealed that many children orphaned by HIV and Aids were dropping out of school.

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