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Socio-economic factors.

The school consist of the learners that are from the middle-class background, they are

not really from the very rich family and not really from very poor family, even though their
families are still struggling financially. The socio-economic status actually to affect the

performance of the learners in the bad manner, for an example it contributes a lot in
teenage pregnancy and the spread of diseases. The learners end up putting themselves

in the positions where they end up involved in sexual relationships for the sake of getting

money. The end up getting pregnant

The school is working on the solutions for those learners who still are still in the bad

situations. There is a school-feeding scheme, which serves breakfast and the launch to

the learners. It is also providing the sanitary towels for the learners who cannot afford
them.