(a) Whether the Government have decided to introduce sex education at secondary level in schools;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which the said decision is likely to be implemented?
(a) Whether the Government have decided to introduce sex education at secondary level in schools;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which the said decision is likely to be implemented?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN)
(a) to (c) : Under the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) supported National Population Education Programme,
efforts are being made to introduce the Adolescence
Education related matters in the School curriculum and
teacher Education courses. In addition, the “National
Curriculum Framework for School Education†released by the
NCERT, recommends that in view of the importance of the
knowledge of and activities related to the personal and
community health, an awareness of HIV & AIDS should be
given to adolescence in schools. It also recommends that
students may also be acquainted with evils associated with
promiscuity and child and drug abuse. Adolescence education
and sex-education may also be provided in a suitable manner.