‘20 000 pupils fall pregnant’

CRISIS Coalition in Zimbabwe (CiZC) has expressed concern over increasing cases of pregnancies among schoolgirls as statistics indicate that 20 000 schoolgirls fell pregnant between September last year and August this year.

The Family Aids Caring Trust (FACT) claimed in its latest report that Zimbabwe has witnessed a surge in cases of child pregnancies with statistics between September 2021 and August 2022 indicating that over 20 000 pupils at primary and secondary schools dropped out of school after falling pregnant.

Contacted for comment, Primary and Secondary Education ministry spokesperson Taungana Ndoro, however, said: “Surely, the author of such a preposterous report must be battling with acute testosterone issues.

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