Shocking statistics have been released as the National Substance Abuse Advisory Council has confirmed that 19 cases of teenage pregnancies were recorded in primary schools last year.
While speaking on the statistics at the Sanatan Youth Counseling Workshop at USP, a Ministry of Education official says there were a total of 47 cases of teenage pregnancies recorded in schools last year of which 19 cases were recorded in primary schools and 28 cases were recorded in secondary schools.
This data is from 400 out of over 700 schools in Fiji.
There were 105 sex related offences reported in secondary schools while 75 cases were reported in primary schools.
There were 505 cases of violence against boys in secondary schools while 2,773 cases were reported in primary schools.
Violence against girls in secondary schools were 339 while 2510 cases were recorded in primary schools.
There were a total number of 38 cases in relation to alcohol while 144 cases were recorded in relation to tobacco.
The total number of offences recorded in schools last year was 6626.
