9 pupils found PREGNANT …. Who did THIS?

Wednesday 3rd October 2012 - A total of
nine girls in Tumboboi Primary School in
Kaptanya sub-county, Kapchorwa district in
Uganda, have been tested and found
pregnant.
"One pupil tipped me after a quarrel that her
colleague was pregnant. I also called the
senior woman teacher who arranged for a
nurse to carry out pregnancy tests. Nine of
our pupils tested positive," the head teacher,
Fred Mark Cherus, said.
Cherus said out of the nine girls, two of them
had normal deliveries three weeks back
despite the fact that they gave birth at
home.
He said the girls who were found pregnant
are aged between 14 and 16 years and
pupils of P6 and P7.
Cherus said those who gave birth have
reported back to school to prepare for the
final examinations but usually go home to
breastfeed their babies during the lunch
break.
Cherus said they had encouraged those that
have not yet delivered to continue studying
until they are due to deliver.
The Sebei sub-region girls' education
movement chairperson, Justine Yapsoyekwo,
told New Vision that most schools in
Kapchorwa were facing problems of early sex,
marriage, forceful circumcision of girls, child
labour and early pregnancies.