{"id":68473,"date":"2022-10-28T11:44:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-pupil-gives-birth-writes-exam-from-maternity-ward"},"modified":"2022-10-28T14:03:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T12:03:36","slug":"grade-7-pupil-gives-birth-writes-exam-from-maternity-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-pupil-gives-birth-writes-exam-from-maternity-ward","title":{"rendered":"Grade 7 Pupil Gives Birth, Writes Exam From Maternity Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A 13-year-old pupil at Chinotimba Primary School in Victoria Falls had to write part of her ZIMSEC Grade Seven general examinations on a hospital bed soon after giving birth last month.<\/p>\n

The learner was heavily pregnant when she sat for her first paper before going into labour that same afternoon.<\/p>\n

She wrote four papers at the Victoria Falls Hospital maternity ward ignoring labour pains.<\/p>\n

The teenage mother met Thumelani Sibanda in January this year, an 18-year-old assistant builder who was working at a house next door and the two started dating.<\/p>\n

She only discovered she was pregnant in August when her maternal aunt noticed abnormal changes in her body.<\/p>\n

Her mother then informed the school authorities who advised that she could do extra lessons at home and only come to school to write the examinations. Said the teen mother:<\/p>\n

I was okay when I went to write my first paper on a Monday but other learners kept looking at me.<\/p>\n

I left school going home after the exam and along the way, I started feeling pain.<\/p>\n

When I got home I just lay down on the floor as the pain increased.<\/p>\n

My aunt called a neighbour and they rushed me to hospital where I was taken to theatre for an operation.<\/p>\n

I gave birth and I was so happy when I saw my baby which was 2.8kg.<\/p>\n

A room was then set up for her where teachers came to invigilate her while nurses took care of the baby.<\/p>\n

She was admitted to the hospital between Tuesday and Friday and wrote all the week\u2019s papers there.<\/p>\n

Her family said they met Sibanda\u2019s family who pleaded for their son not to be reported to the police.<\/p>\n

In Zimbabwe, it is a criminal offence to have sexual relations with a minor.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the teen mother named her baby \u201cTaboka\u201d which means \u201cThank you\u201d.<\/p>\n

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