. Shortage of professional personnel such as social workers, psychologists and school nurses. . Lack of research on the role of the boy child towards teenage pregnancy. . A high rate of termination of pregnancy which was often performed without sufficient counseling and left learners traumatised. . Lack of parental involvement in the activities of the school. . Struggling to keep learners within school premises until the end of school hours. . Some educators within the districts did not implement the policies of the provincial department such as reporting learners who were pregnant. 5.2 Delft Police Station