S.O. OLIKIABO

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.

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.