however conception rates amongst women aged to remain higher than in the usa per cent in and uk per cent of where the greater likelihood of termination contributes to much lower rates of adolescent parenting an analysis of south africa and zimbabwes postcolonial legislations and policies suggests that while policy institutionalisation in both countries is an important step towards democratising formal schooling for girls who fall pregnant while at school it cannot achieve this without confronting the negative traditional social and cultural variables that militate against pregnant girls who choose to pursue their educational aspirations through the formal school system runhare et al young mothers in the region consistently get help from their own mothers aunts or grandmothers in caring for their infants so they can continue with education orand seek work opportunities or simply because they continue to live in the parental home however new tensions are arising between the two generations of mothers because young mothers have slightly different conceptions of what good motherhood entails yet they do not have sufficient resources to create their own home in which to raise their child using these ideals moore