Learner pregnancy is regarded as a major concern and a serious threat to gender
parity in education. Addressing learner pregnancy is not a challenge facing only
Department of Education, it is a battle that requires the active involvement of all
stakeholders that is educators, Non -governmental organisation, Department of
Education, Health and Social Development.
The rate of learner pregnancy in public schools, prompted the Department of
Education to release the policy of Learner Pregnancy Policy which ensures the rights
of pregnant learners to continue with schools. The policy is based on prevention and
management.
This research study investigate how schools implement learner pregnancy policy.
The objectives of the study are:
• To investigate how schools encourage the prevention strategies of learner
pregnancy policy;
• To investigate how schools manage learner pregnancy;
• To identify how Department of Education are involved in monitoring of the
schools in implementing the pregnant learner policy.
The study was conducted in four targeted high schools in the Lichtenburg area
A qualitative approach and quantitative approach was used. Questionnaires and
interviews were used as instruments. A purposeful sampling of 100 educators
and 10 managers was selected. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was
used for data analysis. The Findings of the study revealed that schools are not
doing enough to provide learners with prevention strategies of learner
pregnancy; Even though the policy encourages managers and educators to
support learners who are pregnant, educators and managers still need to
encourage pregnant learners to continue with their education when they are
pregnant in line with the policy. Department of Education does not monitor and
evaluate the effectiveness of the policy regularly in schools.
Recommendation of the study revealed that: Learners must be engaged in extra
mural activities to keep them busy, Educators and managers must help, support
and encourage pregnant learners to continue with their education and that the
Provincial Department of Education must appoint a person at the department to monitor the effectiveness of the policy in schools, to visits schools regularly and
to ensure their compliance. / Thesis (M. Ed (Educational Psychology) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2013
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/14412 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Gaoaketse, Violet Keitumetsi |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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