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TEENAGE
PREGNANCY AND HOW IT AFFECTS EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TEENAGERS
ABSTRACT
The main
concern of this study was to final out the teenage pregnancy and how it affects
the educational development of our teenagers in Kaura Local Government Area of
Kaduna state. The study emphasized on the factor behind teenage pregnancy in
the local government. The study revealed that teenage pregnancy is as a result
of the following, teenage girls having relationship with older male counterparts,
watching pornographic films without adult guidance, giving them out in marriage
to prevent them from prostituting inadequate information on sex education. The
study indicated that despite the attitudes parents towards teaching of sex
education, there were some problems, which need to be seriously looked into by
the Kaduna state government, such as the inclusion of sex education at home or
at school. The study also emphasized on the attitudes of the local government
area on the concept on teenage pregnancy and it was discovered by the
researcher that sex education is need in the Nation’s school in view of the
current incidence of teenage pregnancies, child abandonment, illegal abortion,
rape and sexually transmitted diseases.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Baldwin
(1950) viewed teenage stage, as a period where reactivation of the `sexual
drives that has been inactive during the latency period. He said teenagers are
on the boundary between childhood and adulthood and they are faced with the
choice of a whole way of life in terms of their job, their ethics and so forth.
He further said that to find this in the face of many alternative roles,
individuals must decide what they want to do and whether they are able to do
it, they must take responsibility for decisions that may shape the rest of
their life or destroy it. And to take this independent step, persons need a
real sense of identity of their own worth as individuals and their esteem and
he said our culture does not make it easy for our teenagers to take this step
in life.
Watson and
Lindgren (1979) gave the definition of a teenager simply as the period or stage
of development that separates childhood from adulthood. They said it is also
difficult to indicate the limits of a teenager; at what point does it begins
and what point does it end, they said the characteristics of a teenager first
shows themselves about 10, 11, or 12 years of age with the subtle changes In
behaviour and appearance, then it becomes most obvious at puberty with the
start of the menstrual cycle in girls.
Longman
dictionary of contemporary English (1995) gave a definition of pregnancy as the
period of time when a woman is pregnant while pregnant on the other hand having
an unborn baby growing inside an individuals body. So therefore, teenage
pregnancy is a period of time by which a girl is carrying or having an unborn
baby growing inside her womb.
World Health
Organization (2004) opined that a teenager is a person between 15-19 years of
age, they said it is a period where an individual is shaped and prepared for
adulthood responsibilities they said also that there are advantages and
disadvantages of teenage pregnancy or having a baby at ones teenage stage, they
went ahead to say that when you are younger the benefits are usually associated
with greater fertility a more healthy pregnancy and a quicker recovery after
birth. But the down side is that your social life, education and training can
be severely disrupted just when it might be taking off into an interesting
direction. Moreso, they said some teenagers are much more capable of
looking after a child than the older
women because late motherhood or late pregnancy has a greater risk of
complications in the pregnancy and reduce fertility. Being older, they said can
also be more exhausting looking after growing children.
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This study
was concerned with the advantages and disadvantages of teenage pregnancy in
Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. For clarity of purposes:-
- Teenage girls do not have
adequate knowledge of protecting themselves from unwanted pregnancy.
- Given them out in marriage
early and then using the benefits they get from the girls husband to train
their male children in school.
- Their male counterparts
taken advantage of them by abusing them sexually.
- Leaving school because of
unwanted pregnancy.
- Giving them out in
marriage early to prevent them from prostituting.
- Getting pregnant even when
their reproductive organs have not fully developed.
1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Teenage
pregnancy has continued to be a major concern not to Kaduna teenage girls only
but also to Nigeria at large. This study may then serve as a pioneer efforts
towards the understanding of teenage pregnancy to Kaura Local Government Area. The result of the study may help policy
makers particularly, educational planners in Kaduna State to design more
appropriate instructional Programmes on teenage pregnancy.
The result
of the study may also help to highlight some of the diseases that are
associated with teenage pregnancy like Vesico Virgina Fistular (VVF) and Rector
Virgina fistular (RVF). The study may also provide the basis for further
research on teenage pregnancy.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- Teenage pregnancies occur
as a result of relationship with older male counterparts.
- Free assess to
pornographic films without the presence of adult guidance on sex education.
- Are there adequate
knowledge and proper guidance on teenage pregnancy.
- Are there any benefits and
dangers of teenage pregnancy to teenage girls and the society at large.
- Does cultural upbringing
and religious inclination affect teenage pregnancy.
- Does teenage pregnancy
affect young girls performance in school.
1.4 DELIMITATION
At the time
of the study there were a thousand staff working with Kaura local government
area. These were: four hundred (400) were senior staff, three hundred(300) were
junior staff and the rest were messengers, cleaners and security men.
However,
this study was limited to two(2) areas in Kaura local government area.
1.5LIMITATIONS
- Transportation to Kaura local
government to collect information for the study posed a problem to the
researcher.
- Lack of fund posed a major
constraint during the conduct of the study.
- The poor weather with the
slippery condition of the untarred roads made traveling difficult during the
study.
- Some local government
staff were shy to talk about teenage pregnancy with the researcher.
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