ABSTRACT

This research basically tackles the rate which education is being affected by premarital sex amongst the girls. The main purpose of the research study is to assess the rampancy of premarital sex amongst girls all over the world. The research study focused on high school and samples used were high school student’s parents and teachers due to the rampancy of teen pregnancies and school dropout’s early marriages as a result of premarital sex

Data was collected using instruments of questionnaires amongst the respondents. The researcher used this because it gives the members equal opportunitiesto participate and because its easy toadministerconsiders fair way to collect d data

Major findings show that actually the respondents are fully aware of the issues regarding premarital sex. When the researcher further interacted with the respondents, it was noticed that the students engaged in premarital sex especially girls just to bond and express their their love for their loved ones as result  sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy, abortion, school dropout early marriage or worse death is the end result

Girls need to be appreciated and complimented by their own family ambers even when still young. This helps a girl to have confidence in themselves and don’t have to look for it elsewhere this makes them whole

The researcher recommends that more sensitization about sex id done especially at home because parents know how to rate with their own children

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduction

Premarital sex is also a sexual relationship between two people prior to marrying each other premarital sex is increasingly being regarded as anorm by the young people. There has been growing over student attitude and perception of the premarital sex. ILM MOSES, department of sociology, federal university dustman Katsira state Nigeria MILima fudusinma.ed.ng

Premarital sex is a sexual active practiced by the unmarried people. historically premarital sex was considered a moral issue which was a taboo in many cultures and not considered by a n umber of religious but since 1960s, it has become more widely accepted especially in western countries.  A 2014 study on global morality found that premarital sex was considered particularly unacceptable in predominately Muslim nation such as Indonesia SaudiArabia, Pakistan and Egypt each having over 90% disapproval while people in western European were most accepting in Spain Germany and France is expressing less than 10% disproval

1.1Background of the study

A research study which was conducted in secondary schools in Kampala district. This study is thus an empirical study to ascertain attitude and proportion of the students towards premarital sex several factors such as peer pressure, financial inducements, poor parental control and the quest for adventure have some of the responsible for incidences of premarital sex in secondary school students. The impact on students range from social to psychological. the study paper thus concludes that premarital sex is undesirable and must be avoided by creating awareness to regards the negative effects of premarital sex

Sexual behavior adolescent and the youth are categorized as one of the main, health prioritized of the society because of the high prevalence of Human Immune Virus and Acquired Immune DefiancySyndrome (HIV and AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies. Family is an important environment with a rage of social and emotional behaviors of children is Fatian university of medical sciences research project No.390436

Premarital pregnancy is as a cancer and has eaten up deep into the fabric of the youth; Delmont said that pregnancies on the wedlock are abnormal and undesirable. The desire to have a baby by unmarried mother is selfish and needs explanation to why she should. Hotman (1997) observed that unmarried mothers have fewer friends, belong to fewer organizations and participate in fewer recreational activities. He maintained that the girls in questions are locked down to pressure. They have themselves social misfits

Despite internal agreements and national laws, marriage of girls <18years of age is common worldwide and affects millions child marriage is a human right violation that prevents girls from obtaining education, enjoying optimal health bonding with others their own age maturing and ultimately choosing their own life partners. Child marriage is driven by poverty and many effects on the girl child education and health, increased of sexually transmitted diseases, cervical cancer, and malaria death during child birth obstetric fistulas. Girls offspring are at increased risk of premature birth, still births and death as neonates or infants or children

To stop child marriage, policies and programs must educate communities, raise awareness and engage local and religious leaders, involve parents and empower girls through education and employment. Nour N Health consequeses of child marriage in Africa. Emerging infect is employment (serial on the internet, 2006 Nov date cited). So many schools in Uganda especially in remote areas in Kampala district have a rampancy of cases of dropouts in schools especially because of the inadequate information and sensation of premarital sex andthatconsequences thereby. For instance students in Kansanga secondary school barely follow the rules and regulations of the schools because therein theenforcers of the rules and regulation do not emphasize the strictness of the laws and possible consequences in case there is violation of these rights hence a high rate of school dropouts due engagements of premarital sex

It was a norm in western societies for men and women to marry by the age 21 or 23 and there were no considerations that one who had sex would marry. It includes some cultures for example in many modern day western cultures many people don’t hold value in sexual assistance before marriage

Teenagers who feel incomplete, inadequate and unappreciated are more likely to seek comfort in sexual relationship. But those with a life rich in relationships, family traditions activities interests and most of all an affirmation are less likely to embark on desperate search for fulfillment that could lead to unwise sexual decisions. Those who have a healthy productive faith in God are likely to have deeply rooted reasons to respectand preserve the gift of sex and to others and particularly physical and sexual violence can a determined impact on their wellbeing

Each year millions of girls under 18 years are married off; that is 41000 each day, nearly one girl every two seconds. Child, early and forced marriage is a violation of girls rights and major barrier to a girl child education. Child brides are forced to drop out of the school and become mothers when still children themselves. Now children of young girls are even likely to gain no education and are also more likely to be forced to marry like their mothers perpetuating the cycle of poverty. Yet we know that one of the most of the effective ways to beat child marriage is to keep girls in school, hence of less likelihood of early marriage

Early marriage leads to early pregnancy and medical complications from pregnancy. Childbirths are the second leading causes of death among girls 15-17 worldwide. On a global level, 800 women and girls endlessly die from what are often preventable cases related to pregnancy and child birth. 99% these deaths occur in developing countries (Because I am a Girl report)

In some communities,religious and traditional norms dictate that girls are to be married at a certain age and when they are still in school which no prospectus of marriage when they are mature. It puts the family in disgrace. The girls’ area therefore pulled out of school as soon as they maturity to prepare them for marriage. So men do not like very educated wives who may challenge them in authority. When such men want to marry a girl especially when they are rich, the parents prefer to pull her out of school since marriage would also solve some of the family financial problems. Girls become sexually active in  primary or secondary level and become pregnant due to premarital sexand are usually expelled from school. Only a few of these girls return to school to continue their education

Girl child education is important for girl. It’s bad that some communities still that discriminate against the education of a girl child. About 57 million children around the world are not going to school. The report children still battling to go to school find that 95% of the 28.5 million children are not getting primary school education have a low status and live in middle income countries. 44% in Sub Sahara Africa. 19% in south and west Africa and 14% in the Arab states, UNESCO said. Girlsmake up to 55% of the total and were often the victims of rape and other sexual violence that accompanies armed conflicts.UNESCO saidUNICEF more voices of youth information. Girl are almost threetimes likelyto not go to school than boys. Each year of school increases girl learning power up to 25% girls are six times less likely to become girl brides when they stay in school, UN foundation; girls not brides(Save the children project) 1.1 million girls from harm, supported 2.9 million girls in times of crisis provide 8 million girls in a healthy start in life, gave 4.6 million girls vital nourishments (save the children)

1.2 Statement of the problem

Premarital sex is being a very rampant thing in Uganda and the youth here in Uganda now see this as new thing so classy and stylish to engage in. This study aims at assessing the various reasons as to why students engaged in premarital sex and its consequences on the girl child education at secondary school level

1.3 Purpose of study

The main purpose of the study is to assess why the premarital sex in secondary schoolsin  Kampala district

1.4 Objectives of the study

• To identify the causes of premarital sex and its effects
• To find out the level of premarital sex in secondary schools
• To assess the knowledge the girls in secondary school have about premarital sex

1.5Research questions

• What are the causes of premarital sex and its effects
• To what extent is the girl child education being affected by premarital sex
• What knowledge do secondary girls have about premarital sex

1.6Significance of the study

The study enhances to assess teenage pregnancies, school dropout, early marriages due to premarital sex in the girl child and how the girl child education is affected in relation to teenage pregnancies. The research also evaluates the causes of teenage pregnancies and the possible remedies that could be of help

1.7 Scope of the study

This research conducted in a secondary school and samples used were high school students, parents, teachers when data was being collected the reason as to why the school was where the study was conducted Kampala district because of the high rampant cases of teenage pregnancies and school dropouts implying there is high rate of premarital sex and a possibility of a high spread of HIV and AIDS and STIs