She said that, apart from the girls, boy have also been affected with many of them dropping out of school.
Children are forced to trek for over 12 kilometres in wild terrain to Jira Primary School in Ndarako, the nearest institution of learning.
Residents of Gede sub-location in Ganze constituency have decried the lack of adequate primary schools and early childhood education centres (ECDEs) in the area, saying this had contributed to late enrolments and a high rate of teenage pregnancies.
Children are forced to trek for over 12 kilometres in wild terrain to Jira Primary School in Ndarako, the nearest institution of learning. Speaking at Ndarako trading centre in Shirango, village elder Mzee Barisa Thise said children were suffering.
