Govt urged to act on pregnant school girls’ policy

Let pregnant girls return to school in Tanzania, campaigners plea
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DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Emily Nyoni was enjoying studying at Bunju secondary school in Dar es Salaam and hoped to pursue medical studies to become a doctor until she found out she was pregnant and was expelled. Nyoni, then ...

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Review population policy for benefit of Tanzanians, govt urged
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The government has been urged to review the population policy so as to create more employment opportunities, boost economic growth and livelihoods of Tanzanians. Speaking in Dar es Salaam last week, Dr Joseph Komwihangiro, who is the Director of ...

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Govt waives liberal policy on school books publishing
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The government has reversed the policy of producing and publishing text books for education retaking over the activities from private firms over claims that the latter have failed to produce quality materials. The duties will now be handled by the government ...
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Govt urged to build shelters for girls who escape, survive FGM
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Serenity and nature at its best is how you can explain this region, an area located in the central parts of Tanzania. The region is endowed with honey as if it were a promised land and not to mention of sunflower seeds and groundnuts. The two lakes ...
FGM Fight - a War Mara Must Win At All CostAllAfrica.com

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The government of Japan has donated $498,738 (about Sh900 million) for the expansion of Wama Nakayama Secondary School in Rufiji.

Act tough on child abusers, govt urged
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THE government has been urged to take stern measures against people who cause children to drop out of school or end up as street kids. The request was made by stakeholders in social development and caring for orphans, the old and the disabled in ...

Govt urged to amend Public Audit Act to increase internal auditors powers
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The government has been urged to amend the Public Audit Act, 2008 and Internal Control and Internal Audit (Regulations) 2014 to increase autonomous of internal auditors. The Internal Auditor General, Mohammed Mtonga made the call in Dar es Salaam ...

>Education is the right for every child in Tanzania. Indeed, it is everybody’s right, for even holders of degrees have the right to seek further learning, which explains why, for instance, we have the very vibrant Open University of Tanzania (OUT) which admits learners as old as 70, to pursue their first degrees!

The United Nations (UN) says at least 214 young women and girls recently rescued from the the camps of the Takfiri Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria are pregnant.
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA)’s executive director, Babatunde Osotimehin, said Monday that many of these women are undergoing medical tests and screening for various diseases and infections, including HIV/AIDS.
"About 214 of those already screened were discovered to be at various stages of pregnancies, some visibly...