Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:23:40 +0000 By VIOLET TEMBO KAFULAFUTA has continued to record high numbers of teenage pregnancies due to lack of a secondary school, area Member of Parliament Joseph Kabamba has disclosed. Speaking in an interview, Mr. Kabamba said the nearest secondary school was in Tag barracks, where a huge number of pupils from the area had been enrolled to attain secondary education. And a contractor engaged to construct a new secondary school in the area has abandoned works, the MP has told Daily Nation. He stated that pupils had since taken up the initiative to rent houses surrounding the military base. Mr. Kabamba said the situation has since resulted in female pupils engaging in illicit vices to make ends meet while others due to peer pressure got pregnant, thereby dropping out of school prematurely. He has since appealed to Government through the Ministry of Education to quickly engage another contractor following […]
