Traditional Practices Hindering Teenage Mothers’ Willingness to Resume Classes and Retention, Tanzania
Faruku Maulid Mpare -,
Wang Zhichao -
Abstract:Tanzania is among the countries in which girls' students had many challenges that made them drop out of school for many reasons and remain at home and become uneducated young mothers. This study explores how traditional practices pose challenges and drawbacks to girls acquiring secondary education. The study describes the effects of traditional practices on schoolgirls and their willingness to resume studies as a response to the new government policy to empower girls' students who drop out because of pregnancy… Show more
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