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Article: New guidelines for rights of male pupils fathering kids; When returning to school after giving birth, the mother has to be declared fit for class.(News)
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- The Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2007
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BYLINE: AMELIA NAIDOO
Male pupils who father children while still at school may now ask for a leave of absence until they address the pre- and post-natal health concerns of their children.
This - and other guidelines on handling pregnant pupils - were released on Friday in the Education Department's "Measures for the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy" document.
Following a Council of Education Ministers' directive in 2000 that pregnant pupils may not be expelled, the new document informs pupils about their rights to education and supports teachers in managing pupil pregnancies at school.
The department still advocated that ...