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Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancy of a woman of less than 19 years. It is found commonly amongst young people who have been disadvantaged and have poor expectations with regard to either their education or job market. The purpose of the study was to identify factors influencing the rise of teenage pregnancy in Nkareta Secondary School. It sheds light specifically on reasons behind its perpetuation, its harmful consequences, shows how it constitutes a barrier to education and enjoyment of girl’s human rights. The study was guided by the following objectives: factors contributing to teenage pregnancy, effects of teenage pregnancy in their lives, determine the extent to which teenage pregnancy contributes to schoolgirl dropout and proposed recommendations to strengthen pregnancy prevention strategies. The study utilized descriptive survey design. A sample of 10% of the total population was obtained for the study and 50 respondents were interviewed. Simple random sampling was used to select the sample that represented the whole population. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used during data collection from respondents. The study concluded that the risk of pregnancy is greater among adolescents with no formal education than those with secondary education. (1)
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The career progress of women refers to the job advancement and development of women in both the formal and informal sectors. Often the career advancement and development of women in many fields is usually slow and most women start their careers either in lower status, lower paying jobs or as contract employees and they remain in those position most of their career life. This is because of the so many barriers and obstacles that they have to confront since they block their way. The general objective of the research was to study the factors that influence the career progress of women in Maasai Mara university. The study focused on the socio-cultural, economic and environmental factors that influence the career progress of Maasai women which acted as the three main objectives of the research. The survey also employed Rawls' theory of justice and random sampling in the research. This descriptive research will employ qualitative research design in order to provide answers to questions that arise during the study. The quantitative data was collected through administering unstructured interviews to the respondents. Then the quantitative data was statistically analysed by a computer programme known as statistical package for social science(SPSS) and presented using pie charts, tables and mean. (1)
The consequences of heavy or ‘binge‘ drinking pose serious risks for drinkers, but also for those in the immediate environment. This study therefore, was to investigate whether alcohol dependency has any negative influences on the academic performance on those who depend on it using the following objectives: to establish the causes of alcohol dependency, to investigate the effects of alcohol dependency on academic performance and to find out the economic constraints incurred by students as a result of alcohol dependency and how that influences their academic performance for undergraduate students in Maasai Mara University. This is important because the student fraternities of Maasai Mara University were enlightened and many respondents who participated in this study gained more knowledge on the topic. This study also helped the administrators to put in place the right measures to control consumption of alcohol within the University to control consumption within the university and improve the quality of education. Two theories were broadly discussed in this study. They include the behavioral theory and medical theory but for the purposes of this study, they were regarded as models. This study was be influenced by various dependent and independent factors as shown in the conceptual framework. Without these factors, this study would be impossible, as they are what facilitates alcohol consumption and affects the result of the study. This is a descriptive, cross sectional study utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection while purposive sampling was used in data collection. This study present two types of data, that is, primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected through administration of questionnaires while the secondary data was obtained from previous works done by our previous researchers. Data from the questionnaire was entered, checked and analyzed using SPSS. The results were then presented in form of tables, graphs, and pie charts. Bivariate analysis was performed in order to examine associations between independent variables and dependent variables. The findings of this study can also be used by NACADA as the main body of drug control to understand the current situation in Kenyan Universities. (1)

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