Republic of the philippines

Department of education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Rizal
District of Rodriguez 1

“EDUCATING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT TEENAGE

PREGNANCY”

Leader:

Darwin arguwanon

Members:

Lara mae ducay

Mercy Relota

Angela Gratil

Angelica asis

Carl sorbeto

Janine ycay

Jerlyn Delcastillo

Jocelyn labong

Joyce leal

Rev vergara

Raising The Teen

Raisingtheteen@gmail.com

Group Two (2)

September 6, 2019
INTRODUCTION

Teenage pregnancy refers to adolescent girls, usually within the ages of 13-
19 who haven't taught legal adulthood, however, girls as young as ten who
are sexually active and occasionally become pregnant and give birth. Teen
pregnancy is an important issue for several reasons. For example, there are
health risks for the baby and children born to teenage mothers are more
likely to suffer health, A child having a baby as a teenager is more likely to
face critical social issues like poverty, poor education, risky behaviors that
lead to poor health issues, and child welfare.

Therefore educating senior high school students about pregnancy is

important it will teach the proper way of caring for themselves and the
disadvantage of early engagement in sexual activities and the resulting
teenage pregnancy and helping students to become more aware of the risk
that they may encounter and also helping them to make the right decision
for themselves. The funding agency, Department of Education (DEPED) has
issued memorandum Order No.31 series of 2018 in palawan that DEPED is
responsible for the implementation of comprehensive and proper sexuality
education.

RATIONALE / BACKGROUND

The issue of teenage pregnancy is widespread in various parts of the

country. Today, we face the painful reality that at a very young age, most
young people have children of their own. During the World Population Day
Forum held in Quezon City last July 2019, the Commission on Population
(Pop.com) raised concerns about early and unplanned pregnancies by citing
that around 500 teenage girls have given birth in the country every day as
more adolescents engage in premarital sex. Pop.com said some 196,000
Filipinos between the ages of 15 and 19 years old get pregnant each year.

In the Philippines, according to the 2013 National Demographic and Health

Survey (NDHS) and the 2013 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study
(YAFSS), the number of women aged 15-19 who have begun childbearing
increased from eight percent in 2003 to 10 percent in 2013. The YAFSS study
showed an increase in teenage fertility from 6.3 percent in 2002 to 13.6
percent in 2013. While a more recent 2017 NDHS study revealed that the
issue of adolescent fertility is important for both health and social reasons as
children born to very young mothers are at increased risk of sickness and
death. The study further said that teenage mothers are more likely to
experience adverse pregnancy outcomes and to be constrained in their
ability to pursue educational opportunities than young women who delay
childbearing.

Also based on the survey, rural teenagers start childbearing slightly earlier
than their urban counterpart with 10 percent and seven percent respectively.
No less than Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia emphasized
that the rising teenage pregnancy rate in the Philippines has contributed to
the country's population "crisis”. "We are seeing the height of the crisis now.
The carrying capacity of the country is overstretched. It results to lack of jobs
because there are many workers looking for jobs. There are fewer job
opportunities," Pernia said. About 2 million babies are born in the country
annually, according to a 2015 Census data and the Philippines now ranks
13th among countries with the biggest population in the world, according to
Pop.com. While it is possible for a teen, who becomes pregnant, to
experience a healthy pregnancy and be an excellent parent, many pregnant
and parenting teenagers struggle with multiple stressors, health risks and
other complex issues. Being pregnant as a teenager puts you at higher risk
for having a baby born too early, with a low birth weight and, tragically,
higher risk of death.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III delivers his message on the importance
of empowering the youth to make informed choices at the National Summit
on Teenage Pregnancy held at the PICC. (Photo courtesy of DOH) The World
Health Organization in 2015 said an estimated 1.2-million adolescents aged
10-19 years died worldwide. It said pregnancy during adolescence is
associated with higher risk of health problems like anemia, sexually
transmitted infections, unsafe abortion, postpartum hemorrhage, and mental
disorders, such as depression. Adolescents becoming pregnant at an early
age have associated risk factors such as having multiple partners and having
greater age differences with their partners, which may put them at greater
risk of acquiring HIV. In the Philippines, children born to adolescent mothers
are more likely to die compared to children of older mothers. Youth in the
country are also at risk for multiple pregnancies in their adolescence. Filipino
teen mothers aged 15-19 average 17 months between previous pregnancies
compared to the average of 35 months for mothers of all ages. If a
pregnancy is unplanned, the mother may not receive the prenatal care she
and her baby need or may not even be healthy enough to carry a child to
term. Adolescents are often unprepared for the realities involved in parenting
an infant and often, complex relationships, financial burden, social stigma
and parenting are stressful and can put a newborn at risk. Some teen parents
are also single and being a solo parent can have financial and emotional
stressors and a stressed parent puts a baby at risk. Social stigma may also
lead a teen mother to voluntary abortion. To fulfill government’s mandate to
improve adolescent and youth education, health, and development, the
Department of Education and Department of Health organized a summit for
national convergence and dialogue on the complex issues on early
pregnancy dubbed “Kapit-Kamay: Empowering the Youth to Make Informed
Choice” held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City.
The summit took a closer look into the phenomenon of early pregnancy
within the context of education, health and development and brought
together government, the private sector, development partners, civil society
organizations, and adolescent and youth-led organizations to provide a
platform for understanding of the phenomenon of early pregnancy.

The gathering also identified opportunities for convergence and collaboration

to deepen understanding and work on ways forward. The event also paved
the way for stakeholders to identify common ground, existing interventions
and the formulation of platforms to continue policy advocacy and program
implementation to address the concern. (PIA InfoComm). The Beneficiaries of
the seminar Senior High School Students -the main target of this seminar
because accordingly victims or teenage pregnancy are ranging from 15-19
and SHS are of this age. Parents of the SHS students - for them to be able to
guide them children and to prevent teenage pregnancy.

METHODOLOGY/ TIMELINE

The aims of this project proposal is to create a video presentation about

raising awareness. On teenage pregnancy that will be launched in every
senior high school curriculum, every school will conduct a program about
awareness on teenage pregnancy. The video will also be shown in the
program/ seminar for the students to have knowledge about this case. On
the other hand , the video will not only be shown on the different programs
of the school but it will also be uploaded on different social media sites so
that, other people can see and share it. Every month the seminary will be
conduct at least two school to the senior high school students and after 5
months it will be the end and last of conducting their seminar and should
have 10 school both public and private school.

June 2019 July 2019 August 2019 September October 2019

2019
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that will be seminar will St. Joseph seminar that the seminar
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and private Cecilia and be the third SJLSHS and KSHS and
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the first high school.
school will be
Valley high
and Eastern
valley senior
high school.

Goal / objectives

to prevent early pregnancy so that the studies of the students will not be
affected. - to educate young people about the increasing cases teenage
pregnancy. - to reduce the growing rate of teenage pregnancy. - to prevent
the high degree or exposure to "unprotected" sex. - to implement the project
effectively.

Expenses Quantity Total Amount

Rent expense
microphones 3pcs ₱350
speakers 2pcs ₱600
Projector and white 1pc ₱1500
screen
 Food expense
snacks ₱30000
lunch ₱30000
Transportation expense ₱5000
Allowance for guests ₱500
speaker
Total expenses ₱67,950
Project needs and Cost Quantity