THE Kilimanjaro Regional Administration is planning to build hostels for female students in the area to address early pregnancies in its schools.
The remark was made by the Kilimanjaro
Regional Commissioner (RC), Ms Anna Mghwira while addressing the 38th
Kilimanjaro Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) meeting that was held
in Moshi recently.
“The challenge of pregnancy among
students is big in our region, and there are indications that most of
the impregnated students are day scholars,” she pointed out.
She directed local authorities within
the region to cooperate with other educational stakeholders to make sure
they build hostels for girls all over as soon as possible.
“The regional administration is now
focused on the construction of hostels and dormitories especially for
the female students. The construction of these facilities should go in
line with building of new classes and teachers’ houses,” she further
said.
Earlier, in her presentation to the RCC,
Same District Commissioner (DC), Ms Rosemary Senyamule, said a special
research that was recently conducted by Same District Administration on
the same, showed that most of the impregnated pupils were day scholars.
“In Same District, we conducted the
study and realised that majority of the students who become pregnant are
those who commute from home on daily basis, and their number seems to
be bigger in comparison to those in boarding schools,” she said.
The decision was reached after the
report was presented to the meeting, further indicating that about 334
students became pregnant in the region, including some 12 from Primary
Schools.
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