Re-entry Policy Implementation Challenges and Support Systems for Teenage Mothers in Zambian Secondary Schools

Abstract

This chapter explores the implementation of the re-entry policy for teenage mothers in secondary schools in Zambia. Research indicate that girls getting pregnant in schools are not re-entering school despite the re-entry policy having been in place since 1997. The objectives of this chapter are to explore the challenges faced by teenage mothers and the current support systems in secondary schools. The chapter is based on teenage mother's pregnancy stories at school and how they influence the implementation of the re-entry policy. Through teenage mothers' perspectives, the chapter explores the uncertain relationship between policies, decisions, and implemented programs in secondary schools Zambia. The argument is that the teenage mothers that re-enter schools in Zambia

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