Tanzania president says young mothers cannot go back to school
The president has a reputation for being a no-nonsense leader |
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has said that under his presidency
schoolgirls who become mothers will not be allowed to go back to school
after giving birth.
The president was speaking at a public rally
in Chalinze town, about 100km west of the main city Dar es Salaam.
"After calculating some few mathematics she’d be asking the
teacher in the classroom ‘let me go out and breastfeed my crying baby,'" reasoned President Magufuli.
As for the man responsible for the pregnancy, the president
said he should be imprisoned for 30 years and put the energy he
used to impregnate the girl into farming while in jail.
"These NGOs should go out and open schools for parents. But
they should not force the government [to take back the pupils].
"I'm giving out free education for students
who have really decided to go and study, and now you want me to educate the
parents?” President Magufuli said.
The president added to a round of applause:
"After getting pregnant, you are done!”
In Tanzania, are at least 8,000 girls who drop out of school every year due to pregnancy, according to a Human Rights Watch report
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