Nyandarua Women representative, Faith Gitau is set to roll out a counseling program to all young mothers in primary and secondary schools across the county.
While noting the need to have the girls morally supported, the MP said re-entry of teenage mothers back to school demands attention to ensure that teenage mothers excel in their academic performance.
She regretted that some of the girls in school may suffer stigmatization, ridicule, and abuse from other learners hence the need for counseling.
Gitau added that interactions among different individuals within the academic, social systems and the communities which comprised of the girls might lead them to have different characteristics or withdraw from the institution prior to completion.
The legislator who was speaking while issuing bursary funds to vulnerable children in the county added that the program will also seek to have parents of the young mothers counseled so as to offer a conducive environment for them while at home.
While decrying a high number of young mothers amongst schools, Nyandarua North sub county Kenya Secondary Schools Headteachers Association chair John Njoroge noted that there are no well laid strategies to help teenage mothers cope and improve in their academics after delivery.
Njoroge added that counseling those who are still pregnant and those who have already delivered will help in relieving them of physiological pressure.
He at the same time called on the ministry of education to support the initiative by enrolling it in schools.
Students who benefited from the bursary allocation said it would help relieve pressure from their parents and guardians and also keep them in school.