[Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]More adolescent boys than girls returned to school when they reopened in January this year. According to a government report, young learners could not wait to go back to school as it brought a sense of hope and normalcy. Lack of school fees was cited as the major reason among 47 per cent of girls and 21 per cent of boys who did not return to school. Other key reasons why girls did not return to school were pregnancy (10 per cent) and 5 per cent of the adolescents failed to report to school because they had been married off. It also drew concern over the high number of learners who returned to school pregnant band those that did their exams in maternity wards.

Source: Standard Digital July 13, 2021 07:52 UTC