Sex education in school spoil minds of children: Andhra HC judge

[V.Balasubramani]

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Sex education in school spoil minds of children: Andhra HC judge

PTI | Dec 29, 2013, 11.36 PM IST

HYDERABAD: Introduction of sex education in high schools has "spoilt" the minds of children of impressionable age, an Andhra Pradesh high court judge said here on Sunday.

"Introduction of sex education in high schools (adult education programme), launched in 2005-06, has only spoiled the minds of children in the impressionable age. Parents have responsibility to bring children on the right track," Justice L Narasimha Reddy said.

Justice Reddy, also the chairman of the high court legal services committee, further said the collapse of joint family system has created a sense of insecurity for children.

He was speaking at a sensitisation programme for stake-holders on the "Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012".

Speaking at the function, Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh high court Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta observed though the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 was passed over a year ago, a lot needs to be done when it comes to its implementation.

"The last 20 years have witnessed growing incidents of sexual offences against children," Sengupta said and emphasized the role media and police play in checking this.

State DGP B Prasada Rao said emergence of nuclear families has created a situation wherein parents are unable to give quality time and parental care to children.

"There (parents) responsibility is handed over to maids or wardens," he said.

TV, cinema, internet and mobile phones are proving to be a distraction and also adversely affecting the behaviour of children, Rao said.

"Police have to be courteous with child victims of sexual abuse and they should not provoke them with abusive behaviour as child victims of sexual abuse are in a state of shock, trauma and fear," the DGP said.
Source: victims of sexual abuse and they should not provoke them with abusive behaviour as child victims of sexual abuse are in a state of shock, trauma and fear," the DGP said.



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Source : The Times of India

 

[sravna]

I do not think the knowledge about sex needs to be formally imparted. As the judge rightly observes it can only worsen the situation and definitely not improve it. Instead focus on imparting values. That would be far reaching in implications.

 

[renuka]

I do not think the knowledge about sex needs to be formally imparted. As the judge rightly observes it can only worsen the situation and definitely not improve it. Instead focus on imparting values. That would be far reaching in implications.

Dear Sravna,

I am glad that my son's school syllabus introduced this in a step wise manner.

The teachers did a good job and the students are fully aware of Statutory Rape too..in fact in their school there is a billboard that says 'Sex with a girl less than 16 years of age even with her consent is considered Rape"

So you see it benefits children cos they are aware that they need to behave well...they also have been taught the hazards of misbehavior and HIV too.Its better to learn about all these early and not when its too late.

Recently in school one of the teachers was telling the students that when they grow up to be only Heterosexual but she made a mistake and said "whatever you do never be Heterosexual".she actually wanted to say 'whatever you do never be Homosexual"

So all the students started laughing in class and told each other 'LOL ..teacher is asking us to be gay!"

So you see times have changed..children better learn about sex in school in a scientific way...this goes a long way..saving lives from HIV,Rape and unwanted pregnancies.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Mam,

Look at this news item which appeared in 'The Times of India' dt:31.12.2013 where teachers at Govt. Schools are finding the task of imparting sex education to students as a tough one.
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Navodita Mishra,TNN | Dec 31, 2013, 01.07 AM IST

VARANASI: Striking harmony between the traditional cultural values and the need of the hour regarding comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education is proving to be a tough task for the teachers at the government schools, who have to overcome their own inhibitions before talking to the students. An assessment spanning over a year, was done by a Delhi-based organisation MAMTA, of the teachers' participation and delivering comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) through Adolescent Education Programme in as many as 10 government schools in the district. At present, the organisation is running the CSE programme in four states including Haryana, Karnataka, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

"Some times we fell short of words to explain how a condom can be useful in preventing teenage pregnancy to the young boys and girls in the school especially when their parents are also not convinced that is it right to talk about it? But after attending the training sessions, we have become much more comfortable in dealing with these subjects that are undoubtedly very crucial for our young generation to understand and talk about especially when they are going through a transition," said Chandramani Verma, a teacher at the government school at Badagaon.


To deal with the opposition raised by the parents of students and village community members in rural areas Parents-teachers Association Committee are formed that also have village pradhan.

The Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) is an initiative of the HRD ministry for imparting authentic knowledge to learners about Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) concerns, inculcating positive attitude and developing appropriate life skills for responsible behavior are also the objectives of AEP.

In pursuance of the National Curriculum Framework, 2005, NCERT is the coordinating agency of AEP which is being implemented apart from the NCERT itself by the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS).

As per the deputy secretary, Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board), UP Mishra, very soon the board will also inculcate the AEP in its curriculum from class 9th onwards.

According to Murari Gupta, the Regional Manager, MAMTA, the main aim of the CSE through AEP is to make the adolescents to understand the importance of talking about their doubts first with the teachers and then with doctors on the issues that need medical advise like prevention of teenage pregnancy, AIDS and other issues related to self-image.

Since 2005, the provision has been made under the NRHM to open ARSH clinics at the government health centres where the doctors and counsellors will be able to provide medical help along with the guidance.

Additional Chief Medical Officer RP Tiwari, eradicating the taboos attached with sexuality and related issues is important for us, first and foremost as a family and then as educators and doctors. "We have to accept the fact that no matter how much restrictions you put on a young boy or girls, the sexuality will play a role in their lives. So instead of suppressing the issue and closing our eyes is definitely not going to help. The sooner we start in this direction, the better," said the doctor.


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Source: The Times of India dt:31.12.2013
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[Vaagmi]

Dear Sravna,

I am glad that my son's school syllabus introduced this in a step wise manner...........................
...........So you see times have changed..children better learn about sex in school in a scientific way...this goes a long way..saving lives from HIV,Rape and unwanted pregnancies.

saving lives from HIV and Rape-yes true. Unwanted pregnancies?- a different ball game. LOL.

 

[renuka]

saving lives from HIV and Rape-yes true. Unwanted pregnancies?- a different ball game. LOL.

Dear Vaagmi Ji,

Somehow in all 3 games the ball has a major role!LOL

 

[renuka]

I am surprised that Indians actually still feel they are conservative..Most movies especially Tamil movies are all about First Night blah blah blah.

 

[sangom]

I am not familiar with the details of how sex education programme is being implemented in various states. My view is that to be really effective, this programme should not only educate the boys and girls about their respective sex and reproduction, etc., but should also give a proper knowledge about the other sex to both boys and girls, bring out clearly the bad and undesirable aspects such as STD, AIDS, pregnancy of young girls, illegal abortions, etc. The programme should not result in children getting phobias about one or other aspect of sex.

All these will help the young children to lead a disciplined sex life.

 

[krish44]

I think it is a serious issue that children are at the mercy of maids and servants in working couples homes. starting with creche where kids are put to sleep with medicines to molesting of kids by male servants or maids when there are absent parents these cases are increasing in numbers . sometimes a relative is responsible when it is mostly hushed up
education is required-teachers are unequal to the task. parents do not know how to go about it . most parents learnt about sex by chance and not thru any formal education
we hear about 7 or 8 std students dating and some could be going further than that.
I personally seeing the sex and drug scene in delhi schools and colleges preferred to send my children to conservative south india to protect them from these.I wonder now if south is any better in this

 

[sangom]

I think it is a serious issue that children are at the mercy of maids and servants in working couples homes. starting with creche where kids are put to sleep with medicines to molesting of kids by male servants or maids when there are absent parents these cases are increasing in numbers . sometimes a relative is responsible when it is mostly hushed up
education is required-teachers are unequal to the task. parents do not know how to go about it . most parents learnt about sex by chance and not thru any formal education
we hear about 7 or 8 std students dating and some could be going further than that.
I personally seeing the sex and drug scene in delhi schools and colleges preferred to send my children to conservative south india to protect them from these.I wonder now if south is any better in this

I agree that, "teachers are unequal to the task. parents do not know how to go about it ." But our tradition and culture has been such that parents usually find it very difficult to open or even introduce the subject of sex in a formal way. The teachers telling certain aspects about sex may (I am not sure.) possibly make the children caary some doubts home and if they are made to feel free to discuss these doubts with either parent, it may give the parents a good opportunity to nurture that kind of rapport and tell the children all that they know and whatever they don't know. If we are able to convince our children that sex is as good or parliamentary as, say, geometry or chemistry, children will no longer be lured by the so-called forbidden aspect of sex and sex-related subjects. (May be some children may even stop liking these just as they may not like mathematics or languages!

The younger parents of the present day, I came to know rather accidentally, do not mind posing nude (father before sons and mother before daughters) so that children's inquisitiveness, if any, can be correctly explained. Till my generation such a step was a very strict no-no. But I think there is no relative advantage in keeping things secret from young minds which are highly inquisitive in their own way.

We should also educate our children what they should pretend to know before their peers (class-mates) and what not to tell, so that our children are not judged as "spoilt kids" by the other kids.

 

[vgane]

I feel sex education depends also on the maturity of the eco system...It requires a subtleness...You need to know what not to say...I think we can first start in metros, gauge the response and then move to cities, towns and villages