{"id":2608,"date":"2010-06-03T07:16:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T23:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2010\/06\/teen-pregnancies-spark-alarm\/"},"modified":"2010-06-03T07:16:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T23:16:18","slug":"teen-pregnancies-spark-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/teen-pregnancies-spark-alarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Pregnancies spark alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA &#8211; A spate of 16 pregnancies and four  deliveries since last year prompted the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)  of a secondary school here to convene an emergency meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The PTA only got wind about the pregnancies after a Form Three  student gave birth to a baby boy at Sultanah Nur Zahirah hospital last  Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Her friend related the incident to a PTA committee member. When the  news spread, there was an uproar in the community which led to the PTA  convening an emergency meeting.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"300\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/news.asiaone.com\/static\/ads\/scripts\/adsimu.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/adtag.asiaone.com\/tag\/a1\/js\/asiaone_news_imu.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/adj\/AsiaOneNews\/;pos=1;adtype=1;adtype=2;adtype=3;adtype=4;adtype=5;tile=5;sz=300x250;ord=6198300170730667?\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/click;h=v8\/39ae\/0\/0\/%2a\/r;44306;0-0;0;39581935;4307-300\/250;0\/0\/0;;%7Esscs=%3f\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s0.2mdn.net\/viewad\/817-grey.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click here to find  out more!\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/adj\/AsiaOneNews\/;pos=50;adtype=1;adtype=2;adtype=3;adtype=4;adtype=5;sz=10x10;ord=6198300170730667?\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Zone Tag : SPH In-Text --><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/cdn.innity.com\/network.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/as.innity.com\/synd\/69cb3ea317a32c4e6143e665fdb20b14\/4564\/js\/**\/**\/NEWS\/1275549305215\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>One of  the committee members said another girl had applied to be transferred to  a school in Setiu when she was six months&#8217; pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>He said the transfer did not take place as the Form Five girl&#8217;s uncle  in Setiu had refused to let her stay at his house after knowing about  her pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The girl delivered a baby boy on April 26 and has now been  transferred to a different school,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that 16 other students had become pregnant since  last year after they were involved in sexual relations with their  boyfriends, some of whom were their classmates.<\/p>\n<p>State Education, Higher Education and Human Resource Committee  chairman Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman said he was informed about the matter  and had instructed the Education Department to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The investigation has revealed that four students had delivered  babies since last year. This is regrettable and I am very disappointed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-New Straits Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA &#8211; A spate of 16 pregnancies and four deliveries since last year prompted the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of a secondary school here to convene an emergency meeting on Tuesday. 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