Teenage Pregnancy Towards Academic Performance of The Students in Liceo de Davao

Teenage pregnancy towards academic
performance of the students in Liceo de

davao
Chapter 1
1. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

This study is designed to achieve the following purposes:
 To identify and critically examine various factors that influence and contribute to the
high rate of teenage pregnancy in Liceo de Davao. To a certain the adverse effects of
teenage pregnancy on the teenagers and their academic performance as well as the
students of Liceo de Davao under investigation.
 To a certain the extent to which broken homes, poverty, and adverse life
circumstances, ignorance of the consequences of sexual activity, sexual abuse all
coercion and the changing attitude towards sex have influenced and contributed to
teenage pregnancy in Liceo de davao Area under study.
2. Theoretical and Conceptual Framework

Conceptual Framework on the impact of teenage pregnancy on learners’ academic
performance at a selected school in Liceo de Davao. seven factors have direct impact on the
academic performance of learners and they include dual responsibilities, poor physical and
mental health, Reduction in educational attainment, self-hate and neglect, social isolation,
reduced self-esteem and low class performance among others.
3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Two research questions were raised to guide this study. They are as follows:
1. What are the causes of teenage pregnancy>
2. Does teenage pregnancy affect their academic performance?
4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The use of any research study is to improve the area immediately concerned with the
study and the society at large. The significance of the study can not be over-emphasized. This
study identifies and examines performance in Liceo de Davao and it is therefore, hoped that the
result of this study would help to achieve the following.
 To provide vital information on the possible causes and adverse effects on
teenage pregnancy on their academic performance. Such information is very vital
in providing lasting solution to the problems.
 To help parents and teenager to clearly understand the adverse effects of
teenage pregnancy with all of its implications.
 To provide adequate information to every school in the Liceo de Davao area
under study, concerning the various methods that can be used to avoid or
prevent teenage pregnancy which could lead to school dropout among the students
(especially the sexually active ones). This will go a long way in enabling the
students to accomplish that educational and career prospects.
 To assist other researchers who may be interested in carrying out further
investigation on this topic.
 To help policy planners and organizers to programmes for children and
teenagers to know the necessary factors to take into consideration when
formulating and implementation policies and programme designed to
sensitize the children and teenagers about the implication/complications of
teenage pregnancy. This study will also assist them in identifying the
various models/approaches/strategies that can be adopted in attacking,
reducing and preventing the occurrences of teenage pregnancy.
 And also, it would help to stimulate and draw government attention as well
as private agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs), interest
towards the issue of teenage pregnancy and how it can be tackled,
prevented and reduced to a barest minimum.
5. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of this study is limited to the students of Liceo de Davao. To this end, interview
and questionnaire will be used to collect information from the general public in determining the
factors responsible for the increase in teenage pregnancy.
It will also focus on the implications of teenage pregnancy on the individuals involved and
their academic performance as well as the society.
6. DEFINITION OF TERMS
In the course of this study, a number of terms were employed. Some of the terms will now
be defined for the purpose clarity and understanding. They are as follows:
Pregnancy: the state of being pregnant.
Teenager: A person who is between 13 and 19 years old.
Teenage pregnancy: pregnancy occurring in women age 19 and/or younger.
Fertility: The state of bring fertile, that is the ability to produce offspring or power of
production.
Sexual intercourse: the physical ability of sex, usually describing the act of a man putting his
penis inside a woman Virginia.
Contraception: The practice of preventing a woman from becoming pregnant. It is also the
method of preventing conception.
Uterus: the organ in women and female animal in which babies develop before they are born.

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1. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

2. Theoretical and Conceptual Framework

4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

5. SCOPE OF THE STUDY

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