Publication: Investigate educators perceptions of the effects of teenage Pregnancy on the behavior of learners from public secondary Schools in Mumbuni Sub County Machakos County, Kenya.
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2015
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Mount Kenya University
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The aim of this study was to investigate the educators‟ perceptions of the effects of teenage
pregnancy on the behaviour of secondary school learners in Mumbuni Sub County, Machakos
County. The study sought to establish whether teenage pregnancy has an effect on school
attendance, school performance and emotional behaviour of pregnant learners as perceived by
educators. Fourteen educators from seven secondary schools in Mumbuni Sub County were
purposively sampled for the study. Data was collected using in-depth interviews to allow the
researcher a platform to ask open-response questions and to explore the educators‟ perspectives
about the effects of teenage pregnancy. The data was analyzed thematically by carefully identifying
and expanding significant themes that emerged from the informants‟ perceptions about the effects
of teenage pregnancy. The study revealed that teenage pregnancy has a negative or detrimental
effect on the school attendance, academic performance, emotional behaviour and relationships
between pregnant teenagers, their peers and educators. The study recommends that sex education
should be taken seriously in secondary schools; educators should liaise with health professionals in
the community; pregnant learners to be supported and not humiliated or stigmatized by school
stakeholders; educators to encourage teenagers to use preventative and protective measures and to
encourage learners to delay engaging in sexual relationships.
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Educational management, Curriculum studies, Education