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With all due respect to @nitabhalla, the article's title is misleading. Pregnant girls will not be able to attend school, they will only be able to attend alternative education centres (which they're already allowed to attend). No equivalence. https://news.trust.org/item/20200407165222-wc6mh/
It's very important to clarify this, as it is confusing many. #Tanzania 's Minister Ndalichako's carefully crafted statement does not say pregnant girls/adolescent moms will be back in formal schools. It refers to "the project". The project is #AEPs: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/02/tanzania-world-bank-okays-discriminatory-education-loan
As for "the project", the #WorldBank factsheet published to defend its reasons for pushing ahead - very clear that both the WB and the government consider pregnant girls/teen moms "drop outs" - and drop outs go to... #AEPs https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/factsheet/2020/03/31/tanzania-secondary-education-quality-improvement-program-sequip
And then, there's other parts of government, which quickly clarified the government's stance... https://twitter.com/TZMsemajiMkuu/status/1245983075462496256?s=20
So, no, pregnant girls and teen moms will not be back in 'school'.
So, no, pregnant girls and teen moms will not be back in 'school'.
