- Title
- Perceptions of parents on their involvement in the implementation of the prevention and management of learner pregnancy : a case study of three secondary schools in Amathole West District
- Creator
- Mxothwa, Smileth Ncumisa
- Subject
- Pregnant teenagers
- Subject
- Sex instruction for teenagers
- Date
- 2020-06
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/19991
- Identifier
- vital:44923
- Description
- There is quite a number of researches dealing with perceptions of parents on the prevention and management of learner pregnancy. However, less has been said about how these perceptions of parents on the prevention and management are being implemented to fulfil their purpose. Discovering how these perceptions are being implemented is necessary, bearing in mind that a large number of Schools are having high learner pregnancy and are lacking parental involvement in South Africa, particularly in terms of prevention and management. This is a qualitative study that seeks to explore the perceptions of parents on their implementation of the prevention and management of the learner pregnancy policy in the three secondary school in the Amathole West Education District. The interpretivism paradigm was used by the researcher for this study. A case study design was further used to detect the participants’ lived experiences, thoughts and outlooks about the implementation of the prevention and management of learner pregnancy policy in the secondary school. The data was collected through the use of interviews and focus group. The participants were purposefully selected in the sampling of this study. The participants included School Governing Body Chairpersons. In total, the study consisted of 18 participants. The data were analysed by reducing data into themes through the process of coding. It was further shortened and organised based on evolving themes, overall ideas, and related features. The study discovered that parents are not made aware of their importance by being involved at school level and also are not involved in the implementation of the prevention and management of learner pregnancy policy in the secondary schools in the Amathole West Education District. This research revealed that there need for parental involvement be practised by all schools in the implementation of the prevention and management of learner pregnancy policy as this would help in reducing learner pregnancy in secondary schools of Amathole West Education District. Findings also showed that though parents used different strategies to prevent learner pregnancy, these were not in line with pregnancy policy. The study also discovered that there is a lack of support and monitoring from the district officials to schools.
- Description
- Thesis (MEd) -- Faculty of Education, 2020
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (156 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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