No sex education in K'taka schools now: Minister
Bangalore,
Apr
18:
Karnataka
Primary
and
Secondary
Education
Minister
Basavaraj
Horatti
today
ruled
out
the
immediate
introduction
of
sex
education
at
high
school
level
in
the
state.
Speaking
after
a
meeting
with
the
experts
and
teachers
on
the
issue,
he
told
reporters
here
that
the
government
would
follow
democratic
process
in
implementing
the
sex
education
in
schools
only
after
going
through
the
pros
and
cons
of
sex
education
as
there
was
a
wide
spread
opposition
to
it.
He
said
the
government
had
received
four
modules
presented
by
four
different
institutions
on
sex
education.
"The
government
would
take
the
final
decision
on
the
issue
only
after
a
thorough
debate
on
the
subject," he
said.
However,
the
decision
on
whether
to
continue
the
training
being
provided
to
teachers
on
sex
education
would
be
taken
in
the
next
two
weeks,
he
said.
The
speakers,
including
teachers,
broadly
agreed
the
need
for
sexual
ethics.
However
criticised
the
module,
particularly
the
one
presented
by
United
Nations
International
Children
Education
Fund
(UNICEF)
and
National
Aids
Control
Organisation
(NACO)
saying
that
it
was
heavily
oriented
towards
marketing
of
condoms
with
an
intention
to
make
HIV/AIDS
an
industry
at
the
cost
of
children.
Many
teachers
also
took
strong
objection
to
the
book
prepared
UNICEF
and
NACO
for
including
the
illustrations
which
were
not
acceptable
to
Indian
culture.
They
also
expressed
apprehensions
about
the
students
getting
sexually
provoked
by
these
illustrations.
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