Social, Educational and Medical Impacts of Teenage Pregnancy on Secondary School Girls in Irepodun/Ifepodun Local Government Area in Ekiti State
| Main Author: | Alade, Folasade Adesola (Ph.D.) |
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| Format: | Article eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3545137 |
Daftar Isi:
- the study investigated the impacts of teenage pregnancy on secondary school girls in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area in Ekiti State. The descriptive research design was used for the study. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. The population was all secondary school students in the study area whilethe sampleconsisted of 200 students randomly selected from four secondary schools in the Local Government. The instrument, a self-constructed questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages. The result of the analysis revealed that teenage pregnancy had social, educational and medical impacts on secondary school girls in the study area. It was therefore recommended among others that counselling services should be in place both in primary and secondary schools to educate students, especially girls on the danger of unwanted pregnancy on the attainment of educational goals. Medical centres should also be made available by the government to assist teenage mothers and rehabilitating centres should be in place for those who have dropped out of school so as to guide them to go back to school to continue their education