THE EFFECTS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFOMANCE OF
TEENAGE STUDENTS
The Senior High School Department
SANGAT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
In Partial Fulfillment of
The Requirements for the
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2
Researchers:
Anna Marie Berdon
Xelvin Enad
Hitchel Mae Bacus
Triczy Jane Dela Torre
Jeck Martel
Julel Laranio
2022 - 2023
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This study determined the effect of teenage pregnancy on the academic performance of
teenage students in Sangat National High, School Year 2022-2023. As bases for a
proposal.
Specifically it sought to the answer of the following in sub questions.
1. What is the respondents profile terms of:
1.1 Age;
1.2 Educational Attainment
2. What are the effects of teenage pregnancy?
3. What is the performance of the respondents?
4. What extent of experiences of the respondents?
5. Based on the study what proposed activity/program can be designed?
Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
Rationale of the Study
A woman under 20 becoming pregnant is known as a teen pregnancy. Teenagers
between the ages of 15 and 19 are typically included. But females as young as 10 can
participate. It is sometimes referred to as an adolescent pregnancy or a teen pregnancy.
Sexual activity after the beginning of ovulation, which can happen before the first
menstrual period but typically happens after the start of periods, might result in
pregnancy. The first menstruation often occurs in healthy girls between the ages of 12
and 13. Teenagers who are pregnant deal with many of the same challenges that other
pregnant mothers do. For those under the age of 15, there are extra issues because
they are less likely to be physically capable of supporting a healthy pregnancy or giving
birth.
According to the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), teenage pregnancy is
one that occurs in a girl between the ages of 13 and 19. It is a worldwide issue that
raises concerns for everyone who cares about the health and wellbeing of young
women and their children. In underdeveloped countries, nearly 21 million females
between the ages of 15 and 19 become pregnant each year. Most of these pregnancies
were unwanted, and more than half resulted in abortions, frequently under risky
circumstances.
It is necessary to implement effective and efficient educational public politics in
order to decrease educational gap. At the same time, to guarantee and improve sexual
education in the school system to prevent teenage pregnancy.
To characterize female teenagers who have been pregnant, and to analyze the
association between teenage pregnancy and educational gaps. A cross-sectional study
was conducted. Data come from the sangat national high school representative survey.
The primary aim of the study was to obtain in-depth information and gain insight
into their perspectives on the influence of teenage pregnancy on the education of
learners in a secondary school context. The study had four secondary objectives.
Firstly, the study explored the views about teenage pregnancy and how it affects school
attendance. Secondly, the study sought to gain insight into the influence of teenage
pregnancy on school performance. Thirdly, the study explored educators' views about
the emotional experiences of pregnant teenage girls. Lastly, the study ascertained
educators' opinions on factors contributing to teenage pregnancy.
Theoretical Background
This study is anchored on Premarital Pregnancy by Sister Callista Roy’s
(1980). According to this notion, adaptation is the process by which a person or a
group takes deliberate decisions to deal with a certain circumstance. Adaptive
responses improve people's capacity to cope and attain their objectives, such as
survival, growth, life mastery, and environmental and human transformation.
Roy's adaptation theory, on the other hand, asserts that there are four distinct
physiological basic needs, such as food, sleep, air, and water, the necessities of
protecting the body's self-concept beliefs and feelings about self-role identity or
function, and interdependence in interpersonal relationships with the entire
organization.
Teenage mothers are more likely to come from economically disadvantaged
families, be members of minority groups, and grow up in either inner city
neighborhoods or isolated rural areas. Therefore, in order to estimate the costs
associated with childbearing for this distinct group of females, it does not make
sense to compare these females to those who have not given birth because
those who have not given birth typically have far brighter future prospects than
those who have given birth. This comparison will lead to inflated costs of
childbearing, and therefore advocates comparing sisters, in order to control for
family background, to better determine the costs of teenage childbearing.
Enrichment Activity
Figure 1: Theoretical Framework of the Study
