Early Pregnancy and School Dropout in Secondary Schools in Kiboga District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .1

APPROVAL

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS V

ABSTRACT VII

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Background 1

1.3 Problem Statement 1

1.4 General objective 2

1.5 Specific objectives 2

1.6 Research Questions 2

1.7 Significance ofthe Study 2

1.8 Scope of the Study 3

CHAPTER TWO 4

LITERATURE REVIEW 4

2.1 Introduction 4

2.2 Causes of early pregnancy 4

2.3 Dangers of Teenage Pregnancy 6

2.4 Sex education 7

2.5 Measuresto overcomechild marriages 8

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CHAPTER THREE .16

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16

3.1 Research Design 16

3.2Studyarea / 16

3.3 Target population 16

3.4 Sample framework and sample size 16

3.5 Data collection 16

3.6 Data analysis 17

CHAPTER FOUR 18

DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION 18

4.1 Introduction 18

CHAPTER FIVE 19

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 19

5.1 Summary 19

5.2 Conclusions 19

5.3 Recommendations 20

5.4 Areas for further studies 21

References 22

APPENDIX A 27

INTERVIEW GUIDE 27

APPENDIX B 28

ABSTRACT This study investigated the Early Pregnancy and School Dropout in Secondary Schools in Kiboga District. It was aimed at identifying the causes of teenage pregnancies among students and how they affected their academic performance in the two selected secondary schools as well as putting across amicable solutions for this challenge in Kiboga District. To achieve the objectives of the research, the reseaicher used a mixed method approach of qualitative and quantitative measures of data collection and conducted survey of students in two secondary schools who were randomly selected and questioners were also administered in this study. The study revealed that majority of the victims of early pregnancy have the same causes such as rapid transition, cultural practices and lack of sex education Nevertheless, there was high sexual immorality among school girls which increased the cases of early pregnancies in secondary schools. In addition, the study suggested that there be a close watch and supervision on school girls by their parents and teachers. Furthermore, recommended that sex education be extended to the girls in the adolescence stage to help them cope up with the pressures of body changes. Further recommendations are for research studies about the “impact of rapid transition on the academic performance”, “The relationship between morality and student academic perfonriance” in secondary schools of Kiboga District which were found to be the main causes early pregnancies. Respondents shared ideas, discussed and shared examination questions among themselves on the effects of early pregnancies in this District.