The educational consequences of teenage pregnancy in the Kavango Region

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Title:	The educational consequences of teenage pregnancy in the Kavango Region
Authors:	Nekongo-Nielsen, Haaveshe Mbukusa, Nchindo R.
Year:	2013
Periodical:	Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (ISSN 2026-7215)
Volume:	2
Issue:	2
Pages:	51-64
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Namibia
Subjects:	pregnancy adolescents pupils dropouts
Abstract:	In this paper the authors discuss the pregnancy prevalence among learners in the Kavango region. The paper is an extract from a national study on dropout which collected data from three regions: Kavango, Kunene and Omaheke. The findings on teenage pregnancy reported in this article are from the Kavango region only. In the period 2005-2009, the Kavango region was in the top three of regions with the highest dropout rates, with a high number of female learners dropping out due to pregnancy (46% of the drop outs). In order to gain insight into the high incidence of pregnancy and school drop out, interviews were conducted at 58 schools with 131 dropout learners (72 female and 59 male), 138 teachers, 41 school principals and 2 parents. It was found that the problem lay not only with the pupils, but also with the parents, teachers, school managers and other adults in society, who failed to create a safe and supporting atmosphere for learning. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]