Minister for Education and Vocational Training in Zanzibar, Mr Simai Mohammed Said.
Unguja. The Minister for Education and Vocational Training in Zanzibar, Mr Simai Mohammed Said, has...
urged directors and heads of units in the ministry to provide awareness to the community on returning pregnant girls to school after giving birth.Speaking at a meeting to receive an evaluation report about re-entry policy which allows girl students to continue with studies after delivery, he said it’s the responsibility of the officials to spread the awareness to all communities around them.
Mr Said also urged members of the public to stop discriminating against pregnant school girls as “they also aim to be patriotic professionals in their country.”
“Parents should also do away from facilitating early marriage after these girls get pregnant. They should stop isolating them and instead, be at the forefront of defending their rights so that they would return to school and fulfil their dreams,” he said.
The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in Zanzibar, Mr Ali Khamis Ali, said that on top of coming up with the idea of re-admitting the children back to school after giving birth, it was important to find ways to control pregnancies in schools.
He said not all pregnant school girls agree to return after giving birth, a problem which he said makes the county lose many talents required for the development of the country.
The director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), Mr Tirso Dossantos, said the organisation will continue working with the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar in ensuring they help young people get their right to compulsory education for a better future.
For his part, the presenter of the evaluation report on the implementation of the student policy to continue with studies after giving birth, Abdullah Khamis, said statistics show that some students who become pregnant while studying are afraid to return due to stigma in society and even schools.
He said the willingness of the elderly to counsel their children well during pregnancy will greatly help the victims to return to school so that they can use their talents and achieve their goals.
The one-day session brought together directors and heads of various units of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in Zanzibar.
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