TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEENAGERS
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This research focus on teenage pregnancy and its impact on the educational
development of teenagers in Ekosodin Secondary School, Benin City has become
increased as a result that teenage girls do not have adequate knowledge of protecting
themselves from unwanted pregnancy due to lack of sex education at homes, churches, and also in the schools. The aim of this study is therefore was to examine teenage
pregnancy and its impact on the educational development of teenager in Ekosodin
Secondary School, Benin City. The research design is a descriptive type of survey design and the study
population consisted of a total of 147 students of the study (Ekosodin Secondary School
Principal, 2022). A sample size of 100 respondents was selected using convenient
sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a well-designed structured
questionnaire which was validated by the project supervisor and two other lecturers from
the Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education. Collected data was
analyzed using descriptive statistical tools such as frequency and percentage tables. The
impact of teenage pregnancy on the educational development was established to help
reduce and prevent teenage pregnancy among the students and also increase the teaching
of sex education in schools. Also finding shows that teenage pregnancy affects teenagers
educational performance in school which can leads to poor academic performance, isolation from friends and family and also leads to drop out, lack of information, community and social pressure to marry, sexual violence social media influence, peer
pressure and others are some of the leading causes of teenage pregnancy, teenage mothers
faces a lot of challenges which includes, health challenges, premature labour, poverty and
providing adequate information and contraceptive, making emergency contraceptive
accessible, teaching of abstinence and introduction of sex education in the curriculum
will help in the reduction of teenage pregnancy among teenagers. And It is thus
recommended that the health educators should encouraged to give emotional support to
pregnant teenagers by showing them love and empathy, sex education should be
introduced in the Curriculum, health care professionals can help in improving the
knowledge and understanding on the uses of contraceptive in order to prevent teenage
pregnancy and abstinence should also be encouraged as the most effective method of
preventing teenage pregnancy
development of teenagers in Ekosodin Secondary School, Benin City has become
increased as a result that teenage girls do not have adequate knowledge of protecting
themselves from unwanted pregnancy due to lack of sex education at homes, churches, and also in the schools. The aim of this study is therefore was to examine teenage
pregnancy and its impact on the educational development of teenager in Ekosodin
Secondary School, Benin City. The research design is a descriptive type of survey design and the study
population consisted of a total of 147 students of the study (Ekosodin Secondary School
Principal, 2022). A sample size of 100 respondents was selected using convenient
sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a well-designed structured
questionnaire which was validated by the project supervisor and two other lecturers from
the Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education. Collected data was
analyzed using descriptive statistical tools such as frequency and percentage tables. The
impact of teenage pregnancy on the educational development was established to help
reduce and prevent teenage pregnancy among the students and also increase the teaching
of sex education in schools. Also finding shows that teenage pregnancy affects teenagers
educational performance in school which can leads to poor academic performance, isolation from friends and family and also leads to drop out, lack of information, community and social pressure to marry, sexual violence social media influence, peer
pressure and others are some of the leading causes of teenage pregnancy, teenage mothers
faces a lot of challenges which includes, health challenges, premature labour, poverty and
providing adequate information and contraceptive, making emergency contraceptive
accessible, teaching of abstinence and introduction of sex education in the curriculum
will help in the reduction of teenage pregnancy among teenagers. And It is thus
recommended that the health educators should encouraged to give emotional support to
pregnant teenagers by showing them love and empathy, sex education should be
introduced in the Curriculum, health care professionals can help in improving the
knowledge and understanding on the uses of contraceptive in order to prevent teenage
pregnancy and abstinence should also be encouraged as the most effective method of
preventing teenage pregnancy
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