Pregnancies amongst pupils saddest reality

In a full council report delivered by Lobatse Urban Development Committee, representative, Gaomodimo Ntlotlang, stakeholders learnt that at least 24 students dropped out of schools in Lobatse in 2016 alone.  Of that number 15 of the students including a 12-year-old Standard Five pupil quit school due to pregnancy.

One of the students was a Form Two student whilst nine were in Form Four and six were in Form Five. Moreover nine of the 24 students dropped out due to desertion. Alcohol related social ills, poverty and lack of parental monitoring were associated with the dropping out of schools.