From March 20th 2023, the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development (Old Tafo Municipal) visited a total number of Hundred (100) households in the 16 electoral areas in the Municipality from the, sensitizing parents on the topic Teenage Pregnant Girls Re-entry to school and Empowering Girls to Engage in Craft Skills.
During the exercise, the department observed that some of the parents did not have any knowledge that they can send back their child to school after birth.
Also, parents put a lot of pressure on their wards after birth by refusing to take care of their grandchild which prevents them from going back to school or engaging in craft skills. Most of the children refuse to go back to school with the fear of been mocked by their fellow students.