AN INVESTIGATION INTO CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY ( EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
ABSTRACT
The main aim and objectives of this research were to unravel the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy in secondary school students in some selected secondary schools in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The numbers of related literature were reviewed in order to know the way which peer group. Family background, environment, socio-economic status of parents, negative effects and socialization of mass media have been the major causes of teenage pregnancy in our society and how we can find solution to these problems. The female secondary school students whose parents live together can be involved in premature sex. The student from separated homes can be the victims of teenage pregnancy. Teenagers that are not mature enough have sexual intercourse. From the result obtained, the researcher recommended that parents need to stock together in harmony if only for the up-brining of their children in morally acceptable way and the general public should rise up to the occasion to end this shameful phenomenon teenage pregnancy. Likewise, teachers should endeavours to be good examples. The mass media should be able to stop this shameful phenomenon, moral education should be giving in homes and religious centres and also guidance and counselling services should be provided in our schools so as to counsel the students.
– INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In fact many researches have been conducted in many countries, especially in Nigeria to verify the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy. The reason suggested for this is the easiness of teenagers to fall into the pit of premarital sexual immorality. This simply means that we are all living in a world plagued with one form of moral decadence or the other.
It should be noted that the world has experienced an outrageous drop in its level of morality illicit sex is no longer a problem in our society, even homosexuality and lesbianism has poked their ugly head into the scene.
The ugly scenario has gradually found its way into our secondary schools which is the first point when looking for youths who are nation builders. As a matter of facts, with the recent vivid accounts of renewal immorality among our secondary school girls as reported by mass media books, like Journal, magazines and newspapers, there is need to look into these ugly pictures of the level of sexual immorality in our secondary schools.
Nigerians thinks that the secondary school girls who are mostly teenagers who can fall prey to teenage pregnancy, but they do not condemn this moral decadence.
Today, in many developing countries of the world and Nigeria in particular teenagers do not only content with living their lines the way they want, they also have to content with premarital sex which leads to the gentle killer “Abortion” Teenage pregnancy vesico-vagina fistula distress, social stigma due to their increase interest towards sex.
More so, teenage pregnancy in our secondary schools also has influenced on their children in terms of improved health care and better nutrition. With this, the rate of mortality of their children will be reduced will also enhance physical and intellectual develop of children from literate family because they are placed on balanced diet.
many Nigerian woman also cause the teenage pregnancy in our secondary schools while they have no time with their children especially girls, training them and building them up to become future leaders.
