PREGNANCY; AN APPRAISAL ON FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES STUDENTS EDUCATION, A FOCUS ON ALVAN IKOKU FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OWERRI)

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to appraise the effects of pregnancy on the education of female students. In carrying out the research, survey design is used as the research design, four research questions were formulated, which sought the effects of pregnancy on the education of female undergraduates. The population of this study consists of all the regular students in all the faculties of the institution in 2015/2016 academic session; seventeen thousand nine hundred students. Simple random sample technique was used and the sample size is twenty, which was used in the analysis of the research with a mean calculation, based on the average score as the decision line. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection The data were analyzed with the use of mean calculation, with the average mean as the decision line. The result from the average on each question shows that pregnant students do not attend lectures regularly. They hardly write and submit their assignments as at when due. They do not have enough time for their studies. The paper recommends amongst others that a health programme be set up in higher institutions to cater for the pregnant and nursing-mother students.