TellZim Reporter
Gweru –In an incident that has set tongues wagging in Silobela area, a 15 year-old Loreto High School form 3 learner recently gave birth in class.
Teachers and other learners at the school had to assume the duties of midwives as they reportedly assisted the girl on delivery.
Lerato High School head Philip Mapiravana confirmed the incident.
“Yes, the learner is one of ours and is enrolled in Form 3. That is all I can tell you at this time; she has since been taken home by her parents in Gweru,” he said.
Sometime around 2020, the same school reportedly suspended 20 learners (both male and female) for engaging in sexual activities at school during the June examinations period much to the disapproval of concerned parents who doubted the logic behind the disciplinary procedure and its timing.
Zimbabwe continues to battle issues of early child marriages and teenage pregnancies due to the worsening economic challenges with advocacy groups calling for stiffer penalties on the perpetrators of early child marriages and sexual abuse of the girl child.
