According to the Education Statistics Bulletin 2025, 9,342 primary school pupils and 13,628 secondary school pupils fell pregnant in 2025, bringing the total number of learner pregnancies recorded during the year to 22,970. Speaking in an interview with the Zambian Business Times, Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) National Secretary Father Kebby Luwaya described the figures as alarming and attributed it to a loss of proper parenting. “We should not just be concerned about the numbers but about these children who are falling pregnant while in school; this is attributed to changing parenting patterns. Many parents have reduced parenting to...
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