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THE EFFECTS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF

LEARNERS IN ROEL BALBARONO ARDIENTE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS.

A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of Senior High School Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) Strand at Roel Balbarono Ardiente college INC.

GEVRIEL JOY B. SULIVAN

Researcher In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject Practical Research

JENNY LOVE M. PAGULONG

Research 2 Adviser S.Y.2022-

CHAPTER I

1.1 INTRODUCTION

This study aimed to establish the views and opinions of Senior high school educators concerning the effects of teenage pregnancy on the academic performance, emotions and school attendance of the affected learners in ROEL BALBARONO ARDIENTE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (SHS). This chapter covers the background to the study, statement of the problem, sub-research questions, objectives of the study, significance of the study, theoretical framework, limitations of the study, delimitation of study and definition of terms. 1.2 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Adolescence is a key developmental period in one’s life course; health-related behaviors of adolescents can be linked to lifelong consequences, which affect their future health. Previous studies highlight the role of family and its significant association with adolescents’ health. In East Asia and the Pacific, the Philippines is the only country that is showing an upward trend of teenage pregnancy while other countries in the region have declining teenage pregnancy rates. Against this backdrop, this study investigated the association between teenage pregnancy and family factors, specifically parent structure. Data for the study were extracted from the Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey 2017. (Kozue Tabei, Published online 2021 Dec 13.) Globally, 15 million women under the age of 20 give birth, representing up to one- fifth of all births and 529, 000 women die due to pregnancy and childbirth-related complications every year (Dev Raj, Rabi, Amudha, Van Teijlingen & Chapman, 2010:4). Teenage pregnancy is a major concern to world communities with the US being at the top with almost 1,000,000 teenage pregnancies each year (Williams, 2010:1). The United States has the highest pregnancy and births among adolescents (Coley & Lansdale, 1998) cited in Chang‟ach (2012:3). According to the Inter-press Service (2011), the global rate for teenage pregnancy for the year 2011 was 52, 9 pregnancies per 1,000 female adolescents.

are often married at a young age and are under pressure to give birth to children. The high proportion of unintended pregnancies for teenagers in South Africa remains a serious challenge to both the schools as learning institutions, the Department of Education, and various community stakeholders. It is against this background that this study sought to investigate educators‟ perceptions of the effects of teenage pregnancy on the behaviour of learners at SHS in the Reol Balbarrono Ardiente College INC. 1.3 Statement of the problem This study THE EFFECTS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF LEARNERS IN ROEL BALBARONO ARDIENTE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (SHS), during the 2nd^ semester, S.Y. 2022-2023. Specifically, it answered the following sub-problems:

1. To what extent do learners perceive teenage pregnancy as affecting school attendance rates?
2. How does the learner perceive the emotional behaviour of pregnant teenagers?
3. What is learner‟ perceptions regarding the school performance of teenage girls who fall pregnant at the Senior High school level? 1.5 Scope and Delimitation This study mainly focused on the effects of teenage pregnancy on the behaviour of learners at senior high school (SHS) in Roel Balbarono Ardiente College INC. It was delimited to the teenage pregnancy at SHS in the Roel Balbarono Ardiente College INC. This research was undertaken in the Roel Balbarono Ardiente Senior high school, a Senior high school located in Santo Niño, South Cotabato. The focus of this study was on the effects of teenage pregnancy on the behaviour of learners at SHS as perceived by educators. 1.5 Significance of the Study

The results of this study will to a larger extent be useful to the practitioners in the Department of Education such as educators at the Senior High School level and the Department of Health and Social Welfare. Educators at Senior High Schools will acquire knowledge on how to handle the behavioural problems related to teenage pregnancy. The rural Senior High schools and their communities will be educated and encouraged to prevent more incidences of teenage pregnancy. The authorities and policymakers in the Department of Education may use information derived from this study to come up with policies to address the phenomenon called teenage pregnancy. The results of this study may also be used by the researchers as a baseline study for future studies in the area. 1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS The following concepts are to be defined in this study: 1.6.1 School performance School performance is how well students meet standards set out by the institution or school itself, which catches the attention of parents, legislators and government education departments alike (Bell, 2011:1). In this study, school performance entails the outcomes of the evaluated learners‟ tasks for regular grading whereby learners in rural secondary schools demonstrate their knowledge by taking written and oral tasks, perform in presentations and participating in class activities and discussions, which also include standardised tests geared towards specific ages in a school and based on a set of achievements learners in each age group is expected to meet (Bell, 2011:1). 1.6.2 Emotional behaviour Emotional behaviour is defined by Saunders (2003) as a state of arousal characterised by alteration of feeling tone and by physiologic behavioural changes, such that the physical form of emotion may be evident to others, as in crying, laughing, blushing,