Many parents and especially mothers have been disappointed severally on seeing their friends' daughters, nieces or worse still, their own daughters being sent away from school for being pregnant.
It is a pity that instead of such cases decreasing and even becoming a thing of the past, they are steadily on the increase.
Even though both the girl and the boy in this case are guilty of the offence, however, in most, if not all occasions, the girl suffers the most.
Being found pregnant in school is such an unforgivable offence in many Kenyan schools even guaranteeing expulsion for the girl.
They say educating a girl is empowering a generation hence teachers and parents together with other education stakeholders should sit together and discuss this matter over again.
We have seen many prosperous ladies confess of their ‘naughtiness’ when they were at a tender age more especially in their teens.
Many of them said they had children out of wedlock but thank goodness their parents had the heart to forgive and take them back to school to pursue their studies and live their dreams.
Many women have also been left cursing not only the men who made them pregnant while still in school but also their teachers and parents who could not give them a second chance in life to prove the world wrong and set records straight that they had only gone astray as humans since man is prone to error, and nothing deserves the title of perfect under the sun.
It is time that the girl child is looked at as an asset and not a liability in society. Getting pregnant is not a death sentence and if it were, then I wonder how many men would be dead by now.
Let those who engage in premarital sex seize from the act, those who woo innocent girls face the wrath of law, and those who rape be castrated then together, we can save our future generation by giving our girls ample time to shape their future behind classroom doors.
Only until we do these will our country continue having more women graduates, politicians, managing directors and inspirational women who give light to the upcoming generation. Only then will we say the education sector is fair and balanced.
Girls too should be principled and uphold dignity. They should know when to say yes and when to say no for an answer. This will not only reduce the number of school dropouts but also the number of unwanted pregnancies in schools.
No one supports a wrong act, but two wrongs never make a right. If a girl has in a way or another fallen prey to the greedy men of this crazy world, allow her to bring forth her baby but also give her a second chance to pursue her studies.
Pregnancy should not be stigmatised as it is not a deadly disease, let’s give a helping hand to the girl child now more than ever.