CS Ogamba says Education Ministry lacks data on teenage pregnancies, teachers implicated in cases
CS Ogamba told the Senate on Wednesday that the ministry lacks a comprehensive system for collecting and consolidating information on pregnancies among learners and the alleged perpetrators.
The Education Ministry in Kenya has admitted to lacking comprehensive data on teenage pregnancies and the involvement of teachers in such cases, due to gaps in its data collection and reporting systems. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba stated that the ministry relies on school heads and teachers to identify and report cases, which has significant shortcomings and some school heads are hesitant to disclose information.
The ministry is now working to establish a system that would enable different agencies to share information on teenage pregnancies, perpetrators, and the action taken against them. Meanwhile, the government is also relying on data from the health sector to gauge the scale of teenage pregnancies, with the Kenya Health Information System recording 110,821 pregnancies among adolescents aged 10 to 19 in the first five months of 2023.
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