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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