Dar es Salaam, Aug. 30 -- At least 566 students dropped out of secondary school in Mpwapwa District last year, thus making them unemployable due to lack of academic qualifications. Speaking recently, Mpwapwa District Commissioner (DC), Jabir Shekimweri pointed out among them 44 students had dropped out of school due to pregnancy.
"Moreover, from April to June this year 193 cases of violence against women and children have been reported to health facilities of Mpwapwa District Council," said the DC said, while briefing delegation of the Embassy of Ireland in Tanzania.
by the head of the Irish Mission in the country, Ms Bronagh Carr, the delegation was on an official tour of Mpwapwa District to inspect projects funded by Ireland in the dist...