Impact of High Levels of Teenage Pregnancy. In the Provision of Quality Education in Choma Urban

      Аннотация: Teen pregnancy is a growing epidemic in Zambian secondary schools; girls are becoming pregnant at an alarming rate with a lot of the pregnancies unplanned. Teenage pregnancy is characterized by young girls with ages 13-19 years old. The growth on the numbers of teenage pregnancy became an alarming situation in both community and national levels. Teenage pregnancy has many causes in which the government can’t recognize the real reason behind this sudden growth. The factors that the experts identified are the environment in which the teenagers belong, the parents’ participation in guidance and growth, and the socialization as well as the influence of the media. The results of teenage pregnancy are also identified to bring consequences on the life of both mother and child. In fact, there are clinical studies that show that health risks on young women who are not physically and mentally capable in bearing a child. This study seeks to find out the impact of high levels of pregnancy in secondary schools among teenage girls in Choma urban.

Ключевые слова: Teenage pregnancy, quality education, Education Gap, boys and girls, Irregular school attendance, school performance