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Students will learn about the physical, emotional, social and ethical dimensions of human sexuality in primary schools, secondary schools, junior colleges and Millennia Institute. Learn more about the MOE Sexuality Education and how you can support your child.
Feb 7, 2023 · Sexuality Education in schools promotes abstinence before marriage, and teaches facts about contraception, consequences of casual sex, prevention of diseases, and how to say “no” to sexual advances. This also helps to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases or teenage pregnancies.
The Goals of Sexuality Education are to: (a) Support students in managing their physiological, social and emotional changes as they grow up and develop safe and healthy relationships. (b) Guide students to make wise, informed and responsible decisions on sexuality matters.
- What Is Sexuality Education?
- Why Have Sexuality Education?
- How Is Sexuality Education delivered?
Sexuality Education is a process of gaining knowledge and forming attitudes, beliefs and values regarding human sexuality. MOE Sexuality Education covers the following areas: 1. Physical: Physical changes during sexual maturity. 2. Emotional: Sexual attitudes and feelings towards self and others. 3. Social: Sexual norms and behaviour, and the legal...
Our children are growing up with a wide range of influences through the media and the internet. Sexuality Education aims to: 1. Support students in managing their physiological, social and emotional changes as they grow up and develop safe and healthy relationships. 2. Guide students to make wise, informed and responsible decisions on sexuality mat...
Sexuality Education is a combined effort which begins at home with parents, continues in schools with teachers, and is supplemented by community efforts. The 6 guiding principles of MOE's Sexuality Education are: 1. Parents play the primary role in educating their children and are responsible for teaching and transmitting values on sex and sexualit...
May 18, 2023 · Well-designed and well-delivered sexuality education programmes support positive decision-making around sexual health. Evidence shows that young people are more likely to initiate sexual activity later – and when they do have sex, to practice safer sex – when they are better informed about sexuality, sexual relations and their ...
- Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) gives young people accurate, age-appropriate information about sexuality and their sexual and reproductive...
- Sexuality education equips children and young people with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that help them to protect their health, devel...
- Children and adolescents have the right to be educated about themselves and the world around them in an age- and developmentally appropriate manner...
- Many people have a role to play in teaching young people about their sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, whether in formal education, at...
- CSE does not promote masturbation. However, in our documents, WHO recognizes that children start to explore their bodies through sight and touch at...
- There is sound evidence that unequal gender norms begin early in life, with harmful impacts on both males and females. It is estimated that 18%, or...
- By providing children and young people with adequate knowledge about their rights, and what is and is not acceptable behaviour, sexuality education...
- There is clear evidence that abstinence-only programmes – which instruct young people to not have sex outside of marriage – are ineffective in prev...
The Goals of Sexuality Education are: (a) Support students in managing their physiological, social and emotional changes as they grow up and develop safe and healthy relationships. (b) Guide students to make wise, informed and responsible decisions on sexuality matters.
Sexual health education provides students with the knowledge and skills to help them be healthy and avoid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and unintended pregnancy.
