The impact of environment on performance in schools: a case study of Kyazanga Town Council, Lwengo District
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Date
2016-06
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Kampala International University,College of Education
Abstract
In many developing countries such as Uganda, teenage pregnancy has been one of the major
hindrances to the educational success of girls (James, Auerbach & Tlakula, 2000). As more
young women remain in school past puberty in sub-Saharan Africa, more students are exposed to
the risk of becoming pregnant Mensch et a!. (2001). Ministry of Health Statistics Uganda (2007)
showed that early pregnancy rate in Uganda is 90 per cent and the implication thereof is that the
majority of teenagers do not complete their secondary schooling. The report from the ministry of
education recently released statistics showing that almost 100,000 school girls in Uganda became
pregnant in just one school year. This has had a devastating impact on the schools as many of
these students performance in academics is affected. It is based on this that the researcher sought
to investigate the impact of early pregnancy among the teenage girls.
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A dissertation submitted to the college of open and distance
learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the
Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Education Kampala
International University
Keywords
Early pregnancy, Academic performance, Students