More than 150 girls who were married off at a tender age in Gwembe district, Southern Province have been retrieved from their marriages under the Keeping Girls in School (KGS) initiative.
And the Ministry of General Education says the girls will retain to school when schools open on January 18th, this year.
Gwembe District Education Board Secretary, (DEBS) Benson Zemba said the girls were identified in Chipepo and Munyumbwe chiefdoms.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Gwembe today, Mr. Zemba said the government is determined to empower vulnerable girls in the country through the Keeping Girls in School project.
“Through this scheme, the government will economically and support the girls who find themselves in undesirable marriages,” Mr. Zemba said.