Chapter 5

SUMMARY, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter presents the summary, findings, conclusion and the

recommendation considered from the results and the findings of the

study.

Summary

The aims of the study is to find what are the influences on the

early teenage pregnancy among senior high students, the intervention of

the guidance counselling department in preventing teenage pregnancy,

the views of senior high school students in teenage pregnancy, how the

pregnancy affects the academic performance of the students, does the

guidance councillor conduct counselling among senior high school teen

parents.

This study employs qualitative research design, this study

attempts to identify the guidance counselling program: its relevance

towards preventing teenage pregnancy. Qualitative research is concern

with the opinions, experiences and feelings of individual producing

subjective data. Qualitative research describes social phenomena as they

occur naturally. No attempt is made to manipulate the situation under

study as is the case with experimental quantitative research.

Understanding of situation is gained through holistic perspective.

Findings

The findings of the study are the following:

1. The influences behind engaging in early teenage pregnancy are

poverty, lack of parental guidance and peer pressure.

2. Influences can prevent early pregnancy is by doing the right the thing,

diverting attention, attending church, sports, studies, other matters and

use contraceptive.

3. The School administration and guidance counselor immediately

responds to the issue on early pregnancy.

4. The school guidance counselor conducts career guidance, symposium,

and conferences about sex education.

5. Being in a situation of early pregnancy is there will be no freedom,

hindrance for study, losing hope and loses motivation to continue the

studies and feeling ashamed.

6. Students viewed early pregnancy that it will affect not just physically

but also emotionally.

7. The guidance counselor stated that the reported cases in which 4 of

them have been dropped out from school, 2 are already finished senior

high school and 10 are still studying.

9. The guidance counselor stated that they rendered counselling session

to the teen mothers and monitors the teen parent after bearing the child.

10. The guidance counselor counsel the teen parent by giving assistance,

proper counselling and support are the needs of teenage mothers.

Conclusions

The following conclusions are formulated based on the findings of

the study:

1. Influences of early pregnancy are lack of parental guidance, peer

pressure, curiosity about sex and environment factors.

2. School administration intervene by immediately taking actions to the

cases, monitors the situation of the teen parent and refer for proper

counselling.

3. Based on the views of the students, teen parent are emotionally

affected and will not continue their studies because they will focus more

on their family rather than their studies.

4. Guidance counselor rendered proper counselling session, monitors the

teen parent and refers to the medical personnel for medical attentions.

Recommendations

The recommendations of the study are the following

1. School administration may shift the class in Diplahan National High

School into whole day instead of until night classes.

2. School administration and the guidance counselor may seek

cooperation to other stakeholders to intensify the sex education and the

campaign of preventing teenage pregnancy.

3. Teachers may guide their student and seek the help of the Guidance

counselor to refer for proper counselling among teenage mothers.

4. Guidance counselor may conduct monthly symposia, conferences and

seminars on career guidance, sex education and early teenage pregnancy

issue.

5. Teens that are active in sex should use contraceptives to avoid getting

pregnant early.