COPING STRATEGIES AND SUPPORT PROVIDED BY EDUCATIONAL CENTRES TO TEENAGE MOTHERS RE-ENGAGING WITH EDUCATION POST-PREGNANCY. A CASE OF A TOWNSHIP SCHOOL IN SOUTH AFRICA

H. Malatji, Nkosiyazi Dube, B. Nkala-Dlamini, Kemist Shumba
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Teenage girls who conceive while in school are often confronted with a number of health, social and economic hardships. As a result of the pregnancy related hardships, some of the teenagers drop out of school and fail to re-enter the school system after giving birth. However, a growing body of literature show some of these teenagers re-enter the school system after giving birth to continue with their studies. We employed qualitative approach to explore the coping strategies by teenage mothers’ when they returned to school following childbirth and the support mechanisms used by the schooling system to meet their learning needs. We adopted a single case study design of a South African township school in Gauteng Province, South Africa. We collected data using in-depth one-on-one interviews involving the teenage mothers. The findings revealed that consultations with educators and participating in after-school programmes, with the aim of catching-up on missed content was some of the coping strategies used by teenage mothers re-engaging with education following childbirth. In addition, sympathetic educators provided extra consultation time slots and also motivated the teenagers to persevere and focus on their studies. A call is made for schools to enhance learner support programmes, especially those aimed at supporting teenage mothers who decide to return to school to complete their studies after giving birth.
教育中心为怀孕后重新接受教育的少女母亲提供的应对策略和支持。南非一所乡镇学校的案例
在校期间怀孕的少女往往面临许多健康、社会和经济困难。由于与怀孕有关的困难,一些青少年辍学,在分娩后未能重新进入学校系统。然而,越来越多的文献表明,这些青少年中的一些人在生完孩子后重新进入学校系统继续学业。本研究采用质性方法探讨了青少年母亲分娩后重返学校的应对策略以及学校系统为满足其学习需求所采用的支持机制。我们采用了南非豪登省一所南非乡镇学校的单一案例研究设计。我们通过深入的一对一访谈收集了青少年母亲的数据。调查结果显示,青少年母亲在分娩后重新接受教育的一些应对策略是,与教育工作者协商,参加课外活动,以弥补错过的内容。此外,富有同情心的教育工作者提供了额外的咨询时间,也激励青少年坚持不懈,专注于学习。报告呼吁学校加强学习者支持计划,特别是那些旨在支持决定在分娩后重返学校完成学业的少女母亲的计划。
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