sex education in schools?

In india 9 states have refused to add sex education as a subject in the syllabus of schools because they think the kids are too young, but looking at the increasing number of AIDS affected people and pregnancies, specially between the age group 15-25, sex education is necassery.

what are your viwes on this topic? should there be sex education for classes 9-12? or are they too young?

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This is ridiculous. i dont understand how education is going to make those kids any better in these matters nothing can compete or beat the hormones!!!!

Its always better to go agnostic everything about sex until they are 18...the small 10% of the kids who venture these routes doesnt mean you have to subject 90% of the students to something they dont know about...

If its only about condoms to avoid aids.. hammer their psyche and general society with idea of wearing a condom like they do for helmets on two wheelers...

I think in these matter life and time are the best teachers.........

It depends on level of education, here Uk it is started early so at least they have knowledge, if its later wats the point...wen they have already done 'stuff'.

Some countries/places have really crap education on this mater, but whee i live its actually very effective.

Whether or not hormones get in the way, girls and guys should have knowledge on these matters as lets face it kids wuld rather know from skls rather then their folks. 😳

Here started very early from say 11 years, but thats mostly on growing up etc. Year 9 onwards say it goes deeper, but from early on health education i say is Important for kids to understand the changes going to happen in their body...wats point later wen it has already happened? 😳

Cultures are very different so has to take into consideration but kid in western countries grow fast and kno this stuff early on as of increasing teen preg rates...it depends on wat the culture of india is like. 😳

So can't comment on rule imposed but, all i say is im pretty sure young kids do know more than adult think these days. 😳

Its different from person to person.. Even after getting educated thr can be many who wl deviate from the route.. So, what wl happen then?? Who is responsible for tat?? One should realize this by themselves.. These things cannot be taught.. It also depends upon their neighborhood, culture given by the parents and most importantly Ur friends.. If u find something wrong with ur accompanies, its better to move out..

^Okie...awarness is importent... 😊 but now a days GOD playing practical jokes 😃 😉

Am thinking how to educate a Blind guy/Girl about this!! 🤓

I think sex education is important. I have noticed more and more kids are curious to try out sex but are clueless about the implications and responsibilities of it.

A lot of times guys tend to take advantage of girls by misleading them with misinformation. (some girls do that too) Sex education makes people aware of facts so no on can take them for ride with misinformation. Back in the day a popular trick as to claim that the guy can suffer severe medical damage if they do not release their sexual tension. Of course very rarely will someone fall for that now, thanks to more awareness about sex.

Sex education also promote safe sex practice preventing unwanted pregnancies.

A few years ago an Indian friend of mine told me she planned not to use a condom for sex. When I told her about how condom protects against STD and unwanted pregnancy, she nodded and said 'yeah but I want to get pregnant eventually'. I told her that when she is married and ready to have children she can just stop using condoms. She was surprised. Apparently her boyfriend told her that using condoms would leave behind spermicide making her incapable of having babies long term without some reversal treatment.

I am not against abstinence education at all. In fact I firmly believe abstinence is the best alternative until marriage. However, more and more young people are having sex and we really cannot stop it, force people to change or remove the peer pressure for sex. The best thing we can do is to educate and protect them. Sex is not something you can learn by trial and error. The risk could be life threatening. Of course people learn likes, dislikes and turn ons through trial and error, but safety and protection is of utmost important. If we do not care for the ethics of kids having sex before time, we at least need to protect innocent children who could be born orphans due to parents who do not want them or suffer ailments and medical conditions because their parents were not taught better.

Originally posted by: Anuradha

Its different from person to person.. Even after getting educated thr can be many who wl deviate from the route.. So, what wl happen then?? Who is responsible for tat?? One should realize this by themselves.. These things cannot be taught.. It also depends upon their neighborhood, culture given by the parents and most importantly Ur friends.. If u find something wrong with ur accompanies, its better to move out..

what route are you talking about? are you saying that after getting to know that by having unprotected sex they can get HIV/AIDS, they would still not use protective measures?

And how can a person,specially a kid(coz there is alot of child molestation) realize what is good and what is bad without ANY information? and by information i do not mean an information picked up from the streets, which is almost always incorrect.

Parents, atleast in india, are still very shy and hesitant to discuss about sex with their children, that is why sex education in schools is a must because school is the only place which ensures correct and safe information.

i dont think sex education works very well. for example, at 11 or 12, which is when they have sex education in some schools, i dont think kids have the foggiest idea about condoms and such. the only thing of interest is structure, shape and content.😉 so the stuff that could actually help is lost on these minds, and the other stuff is being picked up, making the kids more precocious, and spurring their interest in going beyond theory to lab work. not a good thing, all that applied research at that age.😛 😆

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Sex education has to be structured to the right age group. For younger kids its more of biological theory. Older ages you delve deeper into responsibilities, choices and sexual decisions.

14 is the best age to start sex education, it is the age when hormones really start acting up. I really feel parents need to play a more proactive role in educating kids whether the school teaches it or not. Parents who talk to kids about sex and build trust are less likely to have children who make mistakes out of curiosity.

Originally posted by: qwertyesque

This is ridiculous. i dont understand how education is going to make those kids any better in these matters nothing can compete or beat the hormones!!!!

Hormones are powerful, no doubt, but surely good sense should count for something? If kids are out doing it anyway, at least we can be assured that they are being protected from diseases and not getting knocked up. A lesser of two evils, I should think.

Its always better to go agnostic everything about sex until they are 18...the small 10% of the kids who venture these routes doesnt mean you have to subject 90% of the students to something they dont know about...

10% is a grossly underestimated number! The percentage of teens indulging in sexual activities is far larger than 10%! 90% of students don't "know about it"? Whether they're doing it or not, every child averaging the age of 14 knows about sex these days. Unless they live in a very rural area, and are not taught basic general science, that is. How is being educated about it hurting anyone?

If its only about condoms to avoid aids.. hammer their psyche and general society with idea of wearing a condom like they do for helmets on two wheelers...

I think in these matter life and time are the best teachers.........

I respectfully disagree! "Hammering their psyche" into doing something that they don't know jack squat about will only lead to people flouncing the rules. Why would anyone wear a condom or a helmet if they had no idea how it helps them? It just seems like such a cumbersome thing to do? But it needs to be done, because ultimately what it protects is you.

Life and time will only lead to regret in such matters, making these people wish that someone had educated them about the proper methods and precautions regarding such an important part of basic human nature.

All I have to say is that Indians (I don't know about other cultures, but since I am Indian, I can speak safely for them) seem to have a hypocritical attitude towards sex. They refuse to talk about it, refuse to acknowledge it, yet we have the second highest population in the world. Surely these children are not dropping from the sky as "angels brush their wings against a woman's cheek"?? Nonsense. Absolute bull.

Sex education is a very important part of education, as it teaches you about your own body and the changes it goes through and what it is capable of. Of course it shouldn't be taught to 6 year olds. That's ridiculous. But most children these days attain puberty earlier than previous generations, at the age of about 9 - 13. Sex is a basic primal need of human beings and it should be treated as any other facet of human behaviour. Afterall, like I said above, if your children are out "doing the deed" anyway, it seems to be a lesser of two evils when they're doing it right, with proper precautions.