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| Africa Subsaharan |
| 20,000 students fell pregnant in S. Africa schools |
| 2015-03-26 |
| [AA.TR] Some 20,000 students have fallen pregnant in South African schools last year, the Department of Education revealed Wednesday. In a written reply to parliament, the Department said that some 223 cases of teenage pregnancy were reported in primary schools. According to the reply, South Africa's economic hub of Gauteng has reported the highest number of pregnant students at just over 5,000, followed by the Eastern Cape Province with 3898. Over 2,000 cases of pregnancy among students were reported in Western Cape Province. The Department, however, was not able to say how many of the pregnant students have since returned to school. " Teenage pregnancy is a serious problem inSouth Africa and must be constructively and comprehensively addressed," Sonja Boshoff, a member of the Democratic Alliance's Basic Education Portfolio Committee in parliament, said in a statement. She called for summoning Education Minister Angie Motshekga to brief the parliament on her plans to discourage teenage pregnancy. "Education is a key to future success and without it; these young people will not have a fair chance at a better life," she said. Teenage pregnancies are frequent at certain schools in South Africa, with female students as young as 15 getting pregnant. In South Africa, students who fall pregnant are not expelled from school. They are allowed to continue with their students but some decide to drop out. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 ..laying.. (before the grammar/word nazis attack) |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-03-26 16:27 |
| #1 I believe you get pregnant from intentionally lying down not falling. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-03-26 16:14 |