Ban is by Government

Ban is by Government

Let me read these some of highlighted news for you.

1.One by one, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan - some of the largest Indian states - declared that the content of the course was unacceptable for Indian children and announced a suspension of the program.

2.The government of Kerala has stopped teaching the course temporarily while a review board modifies the textbooks, excising the unacceptable elements.

3.The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, wrote in a letter of protest to the Central Education Ministry that the "government has devaluated Indian culture and its values." "Instead, the younger generation should be taught about yoga, Indian culture and its values," he concluded.

4.The education minister in Rajasthan, Ghansyam Tiwari, justified his decision by describing the course material as "disgraceful and capable of corrupting the minds of the young."

5.Announcing a decision to suspend the course in Karnataka, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said at a news conference: "Sex education may be necessary in Western countries, but not in India, which has rich culture. It will have adverse effect on young minds, if implemented."

So there is no role for sex education in schools as far as Indian culture is concerned..

What is the opinion on union of Indian’s Teachers association ?

Teachers’ union has protested against the ban on sex education.

In March the state government of Maharashtra, announced its intention to ban sex education in schools across the state. The Indian teachers’ union immediately protested the move as a ”retrograde step in the otherwise progressive state of Maharashtra.”

Teacher’s union says - Banning sex education in schools is like“turning the clock back.” They reminded that family planning education was introduced to the state as early as 1905 in Maharashtra Other states across the Indian subcontinent followed. The allegation that the new syllabus amounted to an effort to impose western culture could not be accepted, given that sex education is a matter of life and death.

Many other concerned citizens in Maharashtra also raised the issue of banning sex education in school & their calls for a reconsideration of the ban have not gone unheard. The government has now declared its intention to appoint a committee and to settle the issue before the next academic year begins in June. So the efforts to maintain sex education in schools are still living and teachers will allow to continue their work towards “spreading the word and not the virus.”

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So the debate on sex education is no more debate

So the debate on sex education is no more debate…. The real and crucial debate is on sex education is on following points –

Sex education in school – Yes , But

1.Why it should be included in school ?

2.What should be included in it ?

3.Who should give it ?

4.When should be it started ?

5.Where should be it taught ?

6.Whom should be involved ?

7.How should be it taught to make it effective?

Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury says.

Those against sex education are hypocrites'

India has an estimated five to six million people living with HIV and Aids, about 40 percent of whom are women. Three karods – teenage pregnancies in World.

"We have a one billion population and we don't want to talk about sex,"

"There is no harm in taking a second opinion about the module. But we want the message loud and clear for senior secondary students to understand. There should be no shadow boxing about HIV/Aids,"

Forget the medical science use common sense – story of Counse Mama

To think in depth

To think in depth – may be the requirement of future

1.Schools may be where formal sex education takes place, but it's at home where kids soak in the truly meaningful aspects of these topics. Parents are the ones who can go beyond the "what" to the "why." Schools can't, nor should they be expected to, do all that. So whether you're a parent in favor of the new content or opposed to it, you've got plenty of work to do with your kids after the school bell rings.

2 Both parents & Teachers has to be prepared to face very very tough questions on topics like masturbation.

3. One news from news paper - A vibrating condom has caused outrage in the state of Madhya Pradesh, because a government-owned company is involved in marketing it. The pack of three condoms, branded as Crezendo, contains a battery-operated ring-like device. Sex toys and pornography are illegal in India. So Why pornography is not banned in India by Government.

4. With a report from Canadian Press - The same-sex marriage debate has followed Prime Minister Paul Martin all the way to India, after the spiritual leader of the Sikhs urged his followers to reject the legalization of gay marriage. After meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday, Martin was asked by reporters about the controversy." This is a question of civil marriage, not of religious marriage," Martin told reporters. "I would point out that we are a country of ethnic and religious minorities,'' the PM said. "And the purpose of the Charter of Rights is to protect minorities, to protect them against the oppression of the majority.'' At first, Our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declined to comment on . what he said was a domestic Canadian political issue. But then he stated that – “I think, same-sex legislation would not have, wide appreciation in India”. Year 2005

5.Sex education in future may includes abstinence, date rape, homosexuality and other tough topics. We will have to be well prepared for answering these questions.

6.Majority of doctors from the Indian subcontinent relates weight loss in depression to nocturnal emission and diagnose dhat or ‘semen-loss anxiety’, need to educate doctors also

7.In Thailand – Buddhist Monks have been trained to educate on various aspects of sex education. Will it be possible in India ? Will it be possible to change the mentality of Religious Organizations. Some of our so called religious teachers still believes in Sovale & what you call Vital.

8.Going by the extent of taboos and misconceptions among adults, I think, it's the adults who really need a sex education, that too in some good detail. And, for children, health education, with sex and sexuality discreetly included in it. Like MSCIT courses these educational courses covering all aspects should be made compulsory for the Adults getting married.