CAUSES AND EFFECT OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRL IN ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE

This research work was carried out find out the causes of teenage pregnancy among secondary school Ilorin local government area of Kwara State. This works is divided in to five Chapters first Chapter deals with the purpose of the study which is to find out the problems teens are facing concerning the teenage pregnancy and unwanted Parenthood. To suggest way of helping any youth facing the dilemma of unwanted Parenthood as well as practical suggestion for teenage pregnancy to avoiding the pitfalls of being pregnancy and becoming parent suddenly. Chapter two deals with literature review. Chapter three Contain method and administration of questionnaire which was collected and it was observed that most students drop out from Secondary schools as a result of teenage pregnancy. Chapter four involves presentation of data and discussion in the Last Chapter five deals with the summary recommendations and Conclusion researchers was able to find out that adolescents from neglected family or broken homes contribute to teenage pregnancy It was also detected that lack of exposure lack of family guidance and bad companies contributed based on the above findings to teenage pregnancy based on the above findings it was recommended that since the parent has a greater role to play in the life of adolescents therefore parent should maintain stable and positive relationship with their children and also parent should encourage deep religious spiritual affiliation and realistic academic expectation.