Change in the Behaviours of Learners in Adamawa State Secondary Schools Due to Teenage Pregnancy: An Opinion Study from Teachers' Point of View, Nigeria

Abstract

How behavior of students getting changed due to teenage pregnancy in Adamawa State secondary schools- is the main purpose of this research. It also finds out various factors behind teenage pregnancy as well as some actions to avoid it. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the students was all teachers in public secondary schools in Adamawa State, out of which a sample size of four hundred was drawn through stratified sampling technique. The research instrument for data collection was adopted from Nnodim and Albert (2016). The validity of the research was carried out by an expert in Counselling Psychology, while t-test reliability method was used to carry out the reliability of the instrument, and the reliability co-efficient was 0.81. Data were analyzed using mean and t-test statistics. Hence no significant difference has been observed in the opinion of both male and female teachers about the effect of teenage pregnancy on school going girls. But significant difference has been observed regarding the factors which are causing teenage pregnancy among male and female teachers. The results reveal that teenage pregnancy not only affect career but tremendously damage social image, psychological view of girls. It was recommended that home and school environments should be protective enough to shield the children from exposure to negative influences.