learning about sex in school

good! it’s high time that sex education is to be introduced in school.

how will the sex subject be taught i wonder? well, the gomen had came up with some guidelines already but the details will only be made public in february next year, after the cabinet endorses it. the guidelines are jointly developed by the education and women, family and community development ministries, its main components are:

– Human reproduction, covering puberty, sexual identity and orientation, self-image and emotions; – Communication and relationships, covering friendship, love, non-acceptable sexual behaviour, and gender roles; – Marriage and family, which will explain marriage and parenthood as a life-long commitment; – Personal development, covering values, rights and responsibilities, and anger management; – Health and sexual behaviour, covering sexuality throughout life, abstinence, masturbation, fantasies, pregnancy, contraceptives, sexually-transmitted diseases, HIV and AIDS; and, – Culture and society, covering sexuality and the law, sex and the media, sex and society, and religious views on sex.

sorry i am in christmas mood already (am on leave today and tomorrow – that’s why you see me in a rare time blogging now!) so no comments on this issue, but do take a look at aiz’s interesting comments. he hope that the sex education in school won’t turn into a morality education! politics101 also blog about it in his usual sarcasm style.