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From the archive, first published Tuesday 14th Feb 2006.

TEENAGE mums blame boredom at school as one of the main reasons for getting pregnant.

A new study has revealed that young mothers shared a dislike of school and a sense of educational failure. The report, from London University's Institute of Education, said: "Some of the mothers said they were made to feel that they were `thick' at school, often in embarrassing situations in front of their peers.

"These experiences made them feel humiliated, and removed all desire to attend school or achieve educational qualifications."

About 250 women who had had babies in their teenage years were questioned for the study and most of those questioned said that sex education at school had been inadequate.

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