Impact of Early Pregnancy On Academic Performance of Students in Secondary Schools; A Case Study of Amudat District Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .1

APPROVAL

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 The statement of the problem 3

1.3 Purpose of the study 4

1.4 Research questions 4

1.5 Scope of the study 4

1.5.1 Content Scope 4

1.5.2 Geographical Scope 4

1.5.3 Time Scope 4

1.6 Significance of the study 5

1.7 Conceptual Framework 6

1.8 Definition of key terms 7

CHAPTER TWO 8

LITERATURE REVIEW 8

2.0 Introduction 8

2.1 Impact of early pregnancy on academic performance of Uganda 8

2.2 Measures for reducing early pregnancy among school going girls II

CHAPTER THREE 15

METHODOLOGY 15

3.0 Introduction 15

3.1 Research design 15

3.2 Study Population 15

3.3 Sample Size 15

3.4 Data source 16

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3.4.1 Primary data .16

3.4.2 Secondary data 16

3.5 Data collection tools 16

3.5.1 Questionnaires 17

3.5.2 Interview Guide 17

3.6 Reliability and Validity 17

3.7 Data processing and analysis 17

3.8 Ethical Considerations 18

3.9 Limitations and solutions 18

CHAPTER FOUR 19

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 19

4.0 Introduction 19

4.1 Background of respondents 19

4.1.1 Age of respondents 19

4.1.2 Gender of respondents 20

4.1.3 Education level of respondents 20

4.1.4 Marital Status of respondents 21

4.2 Impact of early pregnancy on Academic performance of students 21

4.2.1 Attribute to early pregnancy to in your schools 21

4.2.2 Whether early pregnancy affects performance of secondary school students in Amudat

district 22

4.2.3 Impact of early pregnancy on academic performance of students in Amudat district 22

4.2.4 Other factors lead to school dropout among the students in your schools 23

4.3 Measures that can be adopted to reduce early pregnancy for Academic excellence 23

4.3.1 Showing responses if measures are in place to reduce early pregnancy in Amudat district.

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4.3.2 Measures adopted to reduce early pregnancy in Amudat district 24

4.3.3 Measures that need to be established to reduce school dropout in Amudat district 25

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CHAPTER FIVE .26

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 26

5.0 Introduction 26

5.1 Summary of findings 26

5.1.1 Impact of early pregnancy on academic performance of students 26

5.1.2 Measures that can be adopted to reduce early pregnancy for Academic excellence 26

5.2 Conclusions 27

5.3 Recommendations 27

5.4 Areas of further study 28

REFERENCES 29

Appendix I: Research Questionnaire for students and teachers 33

APPENDIX II: INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR PARENTS 36

APPENDIX III: RESEARCH BUDGET 37

APPENDIX IV: TIME FRAME AND ACTIVITIES 38