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Baada ya Seriakali ya wakoloni ilipoamua kujenga skuli ya Kengeja Secondary mnamo mwaka 1922 na kutoa huduma za elimu kwa watu mbali mbali mpaka hivi sasa licha ya kufanyiwa marekebisho kadhaa mara kwa mara kwa skuli hio iliotokana na michango ya wananchi wenyewe sasa skuli hio imechoka na hakuna budi kujengwa mpya.

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DURING his recent two-week tour of Pemba Island to inspect development programmes ahead of the planned grand 50th anniversary of the Revolution, President Ali Mohammed Shein noted that Zanzibar faces serious a high rate of truancy and child marriages. In response, the Zanzibar leader called for an end to such twin problems, warning that the islands risk having skilled labour in the future. While officiating at the opening of the newly-built seven classrooms at Kengeja Primary School in South Pemba, Dr Shein appealed to parents, teachers, community leaders, and regional leader to fight the twin problems. "Stop forcing your daughters into marriage before completing school. This habit is undermining our country's development. Parents and community leaders should stop this problem," he said. He also asked his listeners regardless of their political affiliation to tackle child marriages and the absenteeism seriously. The president wants parents to immediately abandon the habit of 'selling' their daughters to men (husbands) before having proper education, at least reaching Form VI. "Why do we rush pushing our daughters to get married?


What are the benefits of early marriage? It is more harm to the underage children than you think of," Shein said, a statement which has been received with jubilation by human right activists in the Islands. The President directed leaders from the grass-roots level to national level to work as a team in tackling the problem of child marriage. Child marriage is defined as a formal marriage or informal union before the age of 18. Every year, an estimated 14 million girls aged under 18 are married worldwide with little or no say in the matter. In the developing world, one in seven girls is married before her 15th birthday and some child brides are as young as eight or nine. In Zanzibar, according to a 2012 survey by Action Aid International (Tanzania), in Unguja North A district, 18.6 per cent of married women surveyed were married between the ages of 12 to 15 years and 32.9 per cent were married between the ages of 15 to 18 years. In North B District, 19.3 percent of married respondents were aged 12 to 15 years at the time of their marriage and 24.6 per cent were aged 15 to 18 years.

This means 48 per cent of all married women surveyed in North Unguja were married between the ages of 12 and 18 years. In Pemba, the percentage of women married between the ages of 12 and 15 years is much higher than North Unguja with 35.6 per cent of married women surveyed married at this age. Girls who enter into marriage early face serious health risks. Child brides are likely to become pregnant at an early age and face higher risks during pregnancy such as fistula, anaemia and eclampsia, and girls below the age of 15 who give birth are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their twenties. Neither physically nor emotionally ready to become wives and mothers, these girls are at far greater risk of experiencing dangerous complications in pregnancy and childbirth, becoming infected with HIV/AIDS .

 With little access to education and economic opportunities, they and their families are more likely to live in poverty. Child marriage directly hinders the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal 6. The right to 'free and full' consent to a marriage is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) prohibits child marriage. In communities where big dowry or 'bride price' is paid, it is often welcome income for poor families; in those where the bride's family pay the groom a dowry, they often have to pay less money if the bride is young and uneducated. Security: Many parents marry off their daughters young because they feel it is in her best interest, often to ensure her safety in areas where girls are at high risk of physical or sexual assault, and losing her virginity before marriage. The challenge is to change parents' attitudes and emphasise that girls who avoid early marriage and stay in school will likely be able to make a greater contribution to their family and their community in the long term. Absenteeism in school is the habit of staying away from school without providing a genuine or any reason for not attending classes. Many schools in Pemba face this problem as admitted by local leaders, teachers, and parents. Shein asked key players in education, particularly parents and community leaders to develop a positive school culture, monitoring student attendance and providing intervention and support to minimize the problem. Some parents and students blame poverty, ignorance and use of the cane as the contributory factor to the problem. The Zanzibar government in collaboration with some Community Based Organizations (CBOs) is now taking action to improve school attendance.