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Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era

During COVID- 19, in Zimbabwe4 959 teenagers fell pregnant and 1 774 adolescents were married between January and February 2021. I observed that, there are no contemporary studies in Zimbabwe that focuses on the effectiveness of WhatsApp dealing with grade 7 pregnant rural learners’ issues during CO...

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Main Author: Chidarikire, Munyaradzi
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
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spelling my-ukm.journal.210962023-02-09T04:52:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21096/ Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era Chidarikire, Munyaradzi During COVID- 19, in Zimbabwe4 959 teenagers fell pregnant and 1 774 adolescents were married between January and February 2021. I observed that, there are no contemporary studies in Zimbabwe that focuses on the effectiveness of WhatsApp dealing with grade 7 pregnant rural learners’ issues during COVID19 era. The aim of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of WhatsApp platform as a critical tool to mitigate early learners’ pregnancies in Zimbabwean rural secondary schools during COVID-19 era. Ubuntu / Unhu theoretical framework couched this article. Interpretivism paradigm and a case study were used in this article. Purposive sampling technique was utilized to select fifteen participants and data from focus group were analysed through Thematic Analysis. The paper found that, WhatsApp message is effective in mitigating early pregnancies among adolescent learners in rural schools. It recommended that, internet service providers should charge lower WhatsApp data costs to help disadvantaged rural learners to access to internet. Consequently, there will be few or no early pregnancies among rural female learners in rural schools. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21096/1/Whatsapp%20Platform%20A%20Strategy%20To%20Mitigate%20Early%20Pregnancies%20Among%20Zimbabwe%20Rural%20Secondary%20School%20Learners%20Duringcovid%20-19%20Era.pdf Chidarikire, Munyaradzi (2022) Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era. e-Bangi Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 19 (7). pp. 75-85. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/index
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description During COVID- 19, in Zimbabwe4 959 teenagers fell pregnant and 1 774 adolescents were married between January and February 2021. I observed that, there are no contemporary studies in Zimbabwe that focuses on the effectiveness of WhatsApp dealing with grade 7 pregnant rural learners’ issues during COVID19 era. The aim of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of WhatsApp platform as a critical tool to mitigate early learners’ pregnancies in Zimbabwean rural secondary schools during COVID-19 era. Ubuntu / Unhu theoretical framework couched this article. Interpretivism paradigm and a case study were used in this article. Purposive sampling technique was utilized to select fifteen participants and data from focus group were analysed through Thematic Analysis. The paper found that, WhatsApp message is effective in mitigating early pregnancies among adolescent learners in rural schools. It recommended that, internet service providers should charge lower WhatsApp data costs to help disadvantaged rural learners to access to internet. Consequently, there will be few or no early pregnancies among rural female learners in rural schools.
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Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era
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title Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era
title_short Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era
title_full Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era
title_fullStr Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era
title_full_unstemmed Whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among Zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during Covid -19 era
title_sort whatsapp platform a strategy to mitigate early pregnancies among zimbabwe rural secondary school learners during covid -19 era
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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