Matshekge Hill reports decline in pregnancies

Taboo menace: Schoolgirl pregnancies are a nationwide embarrassment
Taboo menace: Schoolgirl pregnancies are a nationwide embarrassment

The head teacher of Matshekge Hill School, which has had one of the country’s highest rates of pregnancies, says a slight decrease in the vice was recorded last year.

Matshekge hit the headlines in recent years for record high numbers of drop-outs associated with pregnancies among learners at the school. School head, Babuluki Bajiti, yesterday told Mmegi that 22 cases of pregnancies were recorded in 2015, down from 32 in 2014 and 34 in 2013.

“This is after the school and village leaders embarked on a campaign to educate both parents and students on the importance of parental monitoring and the disadvantages that affect these students,” he said in an interview.

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