Govt drafting policy on sex education
Amid a raging controversy over sex education in schools, Delhi government is drafting a policy on the issue.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Amid a raging controversy over sex education in schools, Delhi government is drafting a policy on the issue.
"So far, there is no policy under which we can impart sex education to the students. We are framing guidelines for providing such education in the schools," Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely told the media here.
The policy would ensure that knowledge about the sensitive subject is being imparted to students under certain parameters, he said adding, the right kind of process and education will help a teenager to have a positive image of his or her body.
The guidelines will be sent to the Cabinet meeting to be held on Thursday for its approval.
"We do not want it (sex education) to be incorporated in the school curriculum but it would be taught in a separate period where life skills would also be the part of the education," the Minister said.
Dismissing the BJP allegations that sex education was being imparted to the students through "Yuva" textbooks, he said the course was meant exclusively for teachers.
"Yuva is not for school children. Before imparting sex education to children, teachers should be sensitised on how to interact with the impressionable minds on a sensitive issue like sex," Lovely said adding "Yuva" would take care of this.
Stressing that sex education is the need of hour given that the students are exposed to the issue through various modes like Internet and films, he said, it would make them aware of the changing world around them and handle precarious situations.
"So far, there is no policy under which we can impart sex education to the students. We are framing guidelines for providing such education in the schools," Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely told the media here.
The policy would ensure that knowledge about the sensitive subject is being imparted to students under certain parameters, he said adding, the right kind of process and education will help a teenager to have a positive image of his or her body.
The guidelines will be sent to the Cabinet meeting to be held on Thursday for its approval.
"We do not want it (sex education) to be incorporated in the school curriculum but it would be taught in a separate period where life skills would also be the part of the education," the Minister said.
Dismissing the BJP allegations that sex education was being imparted to the students through "Yuva" textbooks, he said the course was meant exclusively for teachers.
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"Yuva is not for school children. Before imparting sex education to children, teachers should be sensitised on how to interact with the impressionable minds on a sensitive issue like sex," Lovely said adding "Yuva" would take care of this.
Stressing that sex education is the need of hour given that the students are exposed to the issue through various modes like Internet and films, he said, it would make them aware of the changing world around them and handle precarious situations.
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