The first batch of teenage mothers to benefit from a school reintegration programme graduated on Friday after completing courses in cooking and cake decoration at the Carnegie School of Home Economics.
The programme, a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education and the Carnegie School of Home Economics, offers opportunities to teen mothers to get back into the education system. The programme gives the teen mothers the option to attend technical vocational institutions or even get back in school to complete their secondary education.
Over a five-week period, 30 young ladies were taught various skills in cooking and cake decoration by the Carnegie School of Home Economics. The purpose of this particular programme was to equip the mothers with skills to take care of themselves and their children.
