Tanzania: Pregnant Student Ban Harms Thousands

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : In describing this program, the World Bank stated that "while there is no government policy that states that students who become pregnant must be expelled from public schools, most pregnant girls do drop out.
68% : Several girls described being expelled from private schools.
64% : In 2014 and 2017, Human Rights Watch research found that public schools did not interpret this policy uniformly.
58% : Several were enrolled in non-formal tailoring training, and a couple attended a nongovernmental school that supports girls who have been expelled from public schools.
57% : President Suluhu Hassan should enact a decree to effectively end the expulsion of pregnant students, order government officials to end punitive and discriminatory practices against girls, and direct the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to adopt a policy that adequately protects the rights of both pregnant students and adolescent mothers to study in public schools, Human Rights Watch said.
47% : Public schools across mainland Tanzania conduct compulsory pregnancy testing on female students and expel pregnant girls before they complete their compulsory education.

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