Student Absenteeism

The situations of orphans present disturbing scenarios.Orphan girls are sometimes sexually exploited by their care givers so they become more likely to drop out of school . To support this, one class teacher participant gave an example of a girl in her class who was an orphan living with her uncle. The girl was often missing school. One day she came to the class teacher asking for help claiming that her uncle told her he would not support her schooling unless she slept with him..............

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Rebecca Philemon Mmbaga, MA Ed: Studied Educational Leadership and Management at Aga Khan University. Headmistress at Mukulat Secondary School, Arusha, Tanzania.