TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE 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.    TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page      ---i Declaration---ii Approval page---iii Dedication---iv Acknowledgement--v Abstract----vi Table of contents--vii List of tables---ix
CHAPTER ONE 1.0   Introduction---1 1.1   Statement of the problem-3 1.2Significance of the study4 1.3Research questions-4 1.4Delimitation of the study-5 1.5Limitation of study
CHAPTER TWO  Literature Review 2.0Concept of teenage pregnancy-----7 2.1Disadvantages of teenage pregnancy---10
CHAPTER THREE  Research Methodology 3.0Introduction ---15 3.1Research instrument15 3.2Population and sample selection -----16 3.3Procedure of data collection-----17 3.4Treatment of data