Bhubaneswar, July 20 -- By Ashutosh Mishra
Bhubaneswar: There is growing concern in the state over cases of pregnancy of teenage girls in schools and hostels run by SCST development department. The issue not only raises moral questions it also puts a question mark over the management of these institutions.
For the record as many as 17 cases of teenage pregnancy have been reported from these schools and the hostels attached to them between 2009 and 2018. Most of the cases have been reported from tribal dominated districts with Nabarangpur accounting for four cases followed by three in Mayurbhanj and two each in Malkangiri, Sundergarh, Kandhmal, Koraput and Dhenkanal.
Notwithstanding claims of disciplinary action against the errant school ...