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    This document provides instructions for an essay assignment asking students to identify and discuss a social problem present in society. As an example, the document summarizes teenage pregnancy as a major social issue in the Philippines. It notes that over 1.2 million Filipina girls aged 10-19 have had a child in the last decade, and the teenage pregnancy rate has increased from 6.3% to 13.6% from 2002 to 2013. The economic development agency of the Philippines has declared the number of teenage pregnancies a "national social emergency" due to negative impacts such as increased child poverty and threats to children's well-being.

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    This document provides instructions for an essay assignment asking students to identify and discuss a social problem present in society. As an example, the document summarizes teenage pregnancy as a major social issue in the Philippines. It notes that over 1.2 million Filipina girls aged 10-19 have had a child in the last decade, and the teenage pregnancy rate has increased from 6.3% to 13.6% from 2002 to 2013. The economic development agency of the Philippines has declared the number of teenage pregnancies a "national social emergency" due to negative impacts such as increased child poverty and threats to children's well-being.

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    GE 002 Module 5

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    This document provides instructions for an essay assignment asking students to identify and discuss a social problem present in society. As an example, the document summarizes teenage pregnancy as a major social issue in the Philippines. It notes that over 1.2 million Filipina girls aged 10-19 have had a child in the last decade, and the teenage pregnancy rate has increased from 6.3% to 13.6% from 2002 to 2013. The economic development agency of the Philippines has declared the number of teenage pregnancies a "national social emergency" due to negative impacts such as increased child poverty and threats to children's well-being.

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    NAME: JODELYN MAE S.

    CANGREJO
    COURSE AND YEAR: BSED MAJOR IN ENGLISH 1
    SECTION: C4-1 ENG
    MODULE 5
    GE 002 - Readings in Philippine History
    First Semester, CY 2020 – 2021

    Module 5: Elicit/Engage
    Essay Writing!

    Instructions:
    1. Identify one social problem that is now present in our society.
    2. After identifying, briefly discuss what made it a social problem or why do you consider it a
    such?

    ANSWER:

    Social Problem: TEENAGE PREGNANCY


    Teenage pregnancy is explained as a pregnancy that happens in young girls below the
    age of twenty, regardless of whether they are married or not. Teenage pregnancy has become
    one of the major social concerns existing in the Philippines as of today because it not only
    affects the teenager and her family but the society in general. Records show that in one
    decade, 1.2 million Filipina girls between the ages of 10 and 19 already had a child. That's a
    rate of 24 babies per hour. According to the most recent data in 2002, 6.3 percent of teenagers
    were pregnant; by the year 2013, it had gone up to 13.6 percent. In response to this, last
    August 2020, the economic development agency of the Philippines declared the number of
    teenage pregnancies as a "national social emergency." The government may be trying to
    change things but the pandemic has made matters even worse. If this goes on, the increase in
    teenage pregnancy will, in the end, lead to increased child poverty as well as degradation of
    the child’s well-being.

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