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AT least 415 school going girls dropped out of exam classes in Manicaland province during the Covid-19 lockdown period mainly due to marriage and pregnancy.
However, only five boys dropped out of school for marriage reasons in the province.
Provincial education director Edward Shumba said there was need to intensify guidance and counselling in schools in the province while urging parents to give their girl children a second chance.
“We all want to enhance guidance and counselling where these things are happening,” he told the media Friday.
“And for the parent, if the child has become pregnant, let those deliver, give them a second chance.
“The Ministry allows us to go for the second chance because, right, they could have made a mistake but who does not make a mistake. We all make mistakes and yes, we have learnt from our mistakes.
“Others learn from other people’s mistakes.”
Munyaradzi Rubaya, the provincial development officer in the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, said schools have to accommodate the girls to ensure their continued learning. NewZimbabwe
