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Teenage Pregnancies affects academics.

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                                                                                    Source:https://images.app.goo.gl/A4VgDvN1NcaywcRd8 Girls who receive an education are better equipped to make decisions and to support themselves financially. Early pregnancy, however, puts girls' ability to complete their schooling at risk. Due to expulsion from schools, personal reasons like having to care for their children or being stigmatized by family, friends, and communities, teenage pregnancy and childbearing can cause girls to drop out of school. (The World Bank, 2022) Teachers  stated that there is a significant difference between a learner's academic performance before and after pregnancy because pregnant students miss a lot of school-related activities like lessons, homework, exams, and so forth. The teachers' list of reasons for absences from class includes absenteeism due to pregnancy-related problems and general fatigue, particularly when the girl is about to give birth. Addi

What is teenage pregnancy?

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 Growing up, my mother never wanted or liked it when I played or hung out with boys. She explained that she wished me to grow up with a dislike of boys when I questioned her about it and this was because one of her greatest fears was that I will become pregnant at a young age. She genuinely made me believe  that hanging out with or having a male friend was bad and this brings us to our topic at hand, Teenage Pregnancies. Source:  https://images.app.goo.gl/jtr21rNNPCpZpmrq7   What is a teenage pregnancy?🤔 Well, teenage pregnancies refers to the young ladies, between the ages of 13 and 19, who become pregnant before reaching formal adulthood.  According to the University of British Columbia , besides the obvious reason of having unprotected sex, Teen pregnancies can be caused by the reasons below: Many young individuals are dependent on alcohol and other drugs, which impair the brain's capacity for logical thought and other cognitive functions. This raises the likelihood that they w