The Role of Libraries in Curbing Teenage Pregnancy in Nigeria
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Ife Centre for Psychological Studies/ Services
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Teenage Pregnancy is fast becoming a regular trend today
in Nigeria. This is due to the fact that most parents still
feel it is absurd to educate their children on sex
education . As a result of this most teenagers learn about
sex education through their peers. mass media, etc. Due
to the low level of knowledge of these teenagers on sex
education, the level of teenage pregnancy lends to be on
the 'increase.
The library as an institution therefore has the
responsibility to provide information contained in
information materials of various format to the target group
in order to curb the challenge of teenage pregnancy. The
Federal Government, Nigerian Library Association and
other stake holders need to collaborate to establish school
libraries and public libraries where they are nonexistent
a~id revitalize these libraries where they are existing but
not functional. These libraries should also carry out their
function thoroughly by' collaborating with Nongovernmental
Organizations· (NGOs) to organize programs
that will serve as a form of orientation to teenagers on
teenage pregnancy and how it can be avoided.
Keywords
Z665 Library Science. Information Science