Teenage pregnancy should be addressed urgently

Many of these school dropouts are young girls in their teens and majority of them at junior and senior secondary schools. Despite many prevention tools put in place, these young girls continue to engage in unprotected sex hence the many pregnancies we have seen recently. They are also putting themselves at the risk of contracting the HIV virus, which leads to AIDS.

There are many contributing factors to teenage pregnancy, among them lack of parental guidance; juvenile delinquency and the new kid-on-the-block – cellphones. The latter is a double-edged sword. Parents buy their children cellphones in order for them to communicate effectively during the time when they are separated by the distance. For instance, many parents leave home early in the morning to go to work and therefore the only way of communication with their children is through a cellphone.