Effect of Early Pregnancy on Educational Attainment of Youth

Submitted by: Arnel J Gallano Summited to: Ms. Orolfo, Jazmine

Lime Tantra Egay Practical Research 1 Teacher
Background of the study:
Early pregnancy in the Philippines is a problem that
should be tackled because a lot of young women ruined
their lives because of curiosity in sex or lack of
knowledge. Early pregnancy has become a national
epidemic partly because more teenagers who give birth
decide to raise their children and stop, dropout from the
school because of pregnancy related issues and negative
feeling on schooling
General Objectives:

To Augment the knowledge in Reducing the rates of early

pregnancies and
births to youth.
Specific Objective:

I. Identify the causes of early pregnancy among youth

II. Peer pressure
III. Lack of knowledge
IV. Social medias
V. Less of family oriented
VI. Curiosity
VII. Pornography
VIII. Liquor
Research Questions:

1. How does early pregnancy teenages affects

educational attainment?
2. What are the effect of teenage pregnancy in
education?
3. How does luck of education affect teenage
pregnancy?
4. Does poor parental guidance affect the high rate
of teenage pregnancy among youth?
5. Is it because of poverty that lead to early
pregnancy,lack of education about using
condoms, contraceptive?
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter discusses related research and key themes gleaned from
the literature that were helpful in the conception of the current
investigation. These linked studies and literature were used to analyze
and enrich the research on Early Pregnancy
Related Literature
Teenage Parents and Their Educational Attainment
Adolescent parents and their children are at a crossroads in their lives,
when their lives might be molded in one of two directions: toward healthy
growth, stability, and production, or toward lifelong poverty and
dependency. Efforts to improve outcomes for these young families must
take advantage of every opportunity to connect them with the services
and support they require to succeed.
Research supports that teenage parents experience reductions in their
educational attainments compared to teenagers who are not parents.
However, strategies were found that could help close this gap between
the teen parents and non-parents.
It was reported that teen parents often experienced a lack of resources
and support both at home and at school prior to the pregnancy and, even
more so, afterward. By increasing these resources, especially in the school
setting, the educational attainment of teenage parents increased.
New teenage parents were found to have a shift in attitude and
concentration toward school in many studies. Even if pre-pregnancy
attitudes toward school, graduation, further education, and work
chances were negative, post-pregnancy focus improved and was
typically accompanied with a new commitment to improve. In the
family and at school, this new dedication was not always welcomed
with the support it required.
The impact of school atmosphere and expectation levels on
teenage parent educational goals was examined. According to
studies, schools' expectations of adolescent parents did not
necessarily match those of the students or their parents, with
schools frequently having lower expectations for those pupils. When
the schools did not embrace the same academic expectations as
the teenage parents and make strides to eliminate or modify
policies and procedures to support them, these student parents
were made to struggle, often to the detriment of their education
and future goals.
The effects of teenage pregnancy on educational
opportunities for teenage girls.
It was revealed from the study that most of the teenage mothers had dropped out
of school. About 86% of the respondents indicated that they had dropped out of
school. Teenage pregnancy is considered as both a cause and a result of school
dropout. The survey revealed that some of the respondents dropped out of school
owing to their pregnancy, while others became pregnant as a result of their
dropout.
These findings are consistent with the theory underpinning this study. Thus most
pregnant girls drop out of school to deliver and after delivery feel shy and do not
return to school thereby serving as a baseline for other girls with similar problems
to imitate.
These data support Muganda-Onyando & Omondi's (2008) claim that pregnancy is a
stimulant for school dropout in low-income families. Academically-oriented girls are
less likely to give birth while still in high school, according to O'Connor (1999)
Again, the study revealed that teenage pregnancy reduces the study hours of the
respondents. It was obvious that before the pregnancy, respondents could study for
three (3) to four (4) hours on average, but this decreased to one (1) to two (2) hours
on average. These findings back with Mohase's (2006) findings that pregnancy affects
pregnant women's concentration levels.
Synthesis

These studies together confirmed that include Low self-

esteem, low aspirations, drive, and expectations; unrealistic
objectives and ambitions; limited emotional resources for
support and maintenance; and a lack of role models were all
validated by these investigations. 
Research Methodology:
Teenagers
Research from 12 years
Method Interview old to 17
years old

Sampling Probability
Technique Sampling

Research Qualitative
Design Research

Got pregnant Most of them

Description at the age of are in the
of 12 years old informal
to 17 years settlers, street
Respondents old dwellers
Significance of the Study:

1.Student Mother: They need to manage more on their time

for being parent and as a student. More responsibilities as a
mother and a student.

2. Student: They need to understand the situation of being as

student mother and learn from the experienced of her.

3. Teachers and Administration: They need to understand and

motivate the student mother to pursue her education for a
better living with her child.

4. Researchers: they need to understand more how deeply

being a student mother and their sacrifices.
References:

https://nursinganswers.net/essays/teenage-pregnancy-study-phili
ppines-4836.php

https://sedl.org/txcc/resources/briefs/number5/index.html

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