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Tanzania: Arrest and Prosecute Pregnant School Girls - DED
Daily News, 19 September 2019
AS the government struggles to keep female students in schools, an appalling trend is unfolding in Nkasi District, Rukwa Region, where reports indicate that more than 200 girl… Read more »
'Arrest and Prosecute Pregnant Tanzania School Girls'
In Nkasi District, Rukwa Region, where reports indicate that more than 200 girls have dropped out of school in a period of six months as a result of teenage pregnancies, authorities are calling for their prosecution. In June 2017, President John Magufuli came under fire when he said schoolgirls who are pregnant will not be allowed back into public schools after giving birth.
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Tanzania: Pregnancy Tosses 229 From School in 5 Years
Daily News, 27 July 2018
AT least 229 girls in Kagera Region dropped out of school due to pregnancies between 2014 and this year, the Kagera Regional Education Development Officer, Mr Aloys Kamamba has… Read more »
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Tanzania: Ignorance or Ill-Motives On Pregnant School Girls in Tanzania?
Daily News, 7 March 2019
YET again, media outlets from the West have continued with the mudslinging campaign against the government of Tanzania through publication of articles full of blatant lies. Read more »
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Tanzania: State On Measures to Contain Pregnancies in Schools-Minister
Daily News, 9 April 2019
THE government will continue to take measures which control early pregnancies in the students' population to ensure that all of them complete their studies without any hindrance. Read more »
InFocus
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The World Bank has withdrawn U.S.$300 million loan which was intended to help Tanzania's education system amid concerns about the nation's policy of expelling pregnant girls from ... Read more »
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Arusha Regional Administrative Secretary Richard Kwitega is concerned at the growing number of early pregnancies in the region, saying despite reporting the cases to the police, no ... Read more »
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President John Magufuli accused some non-governmental organisations, which have been urging the Tanzanian government to allow teen mothers back to school, of being used by foreign ... Read more »
