Influence of Teenage Mothers’ Re-Admission Policy on Public Secondary Schools Completion Rate in Pokot South Sub County, West Pokot County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of teenage mothers’ re-admission policy on public secondary schools completion rate in Pokot South Sub County. The study was guided by the objective, to examine the influence of stakeholders on the implementation of re-admission policy in Pokot South Sub County secondary schools Kenya. The study relied on critical theory. Descriptive survey design was used. Data was collected through the use of questionnaires and interview schedule. After data collection data was sorted, classified, coded, and tabulated and then analyzed using descriptive statistics with the aid of the Statistical Package for social Sciences (SPSS) program version 20. Quantitative data was analyzed descriptively using measures of central tendency; that is frequencies and percentages. For ease of analysis the researcher analyzed the data collected in terms of objectives so as to answer the four study questions. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents were aware of their friends or relatives who had become pregnant while in high school and they were aware of a law that allows girls to enroll back to school soon after delivery but despite of this law, majority of parents hardly brings the girls back to school. The findings showed that there were cases of students and teachers alike engaging in sexual relationships with girls in many schools and that very few girls are readmitted back to school, though, the few who come back, continue schooling to completion. It came out to that many teachers were not keen to support re-admission policy. The study concluded that, there was no significant relationship between, stakeholders’ participation and girls’ completion rates; there was a significant relationship between socio-cultural factors and the girls’ completion rates. The study recommended that, the public at large needs to be sensitized on the issues of re-entry.