Tanzanian government allays fears over schoolgirl pregnancy policy concerns

Prof Adolf Mkenda.

Dodoma. The government has dismissed concerns that allowing schoolgirls who become pregnant to return to school encourages early pregnancies, citing recent research indicating no increase in such cases where the policy has been implemented.

The minister for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Adolf Mkenda, made the remarks in Dodoma on May 27, 2025 while outlining his ministry’s major achievements over the past four years under the sixth-phase government.