15 students are pregnant, with four final-year students.

Concerns have been expressed by the administration of St. Mary’s Girls SHS in Asante Akyem Central regarding the negative publicity caused by multiple students’ recent reports of pregnancy.

A recent study found that 15 students—four final-year students, ten form two students, and one newly admitted student—were pregnant.

In an interview with Asumadu Dakwah of Kessben FM, the headmistress of the school, Ms. Alice Martha Adjei, bemoaned the state of affairs and counseled the students to remain at home and return to school after giving birth.

She also connected the problem to other issues the school has faced since its founding, like encroachment on school property, lack of a fence, and so forth, and requested assistance in erecting a fence around the school to prevent