SEX EDUCATION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS- A NEED ANALYSIS

Aim: To Study the Need of Sex Education among High School students. Objectives: To study the knowledge about sexuality among students and to study the attitude of students towards introducing sex education in schools. Method: Self made questionnaire was used for collecting data. Result: As compared to females, males have more knowledge about sex and sexuality. Males show more positive attitude towards sex education.14.4% students gave first preference for teacher for getting advice about sexual health, 54.4% students gave first preference for mother, 7.8% students gave first preference for father, 11.7 % students gave first preference for friends, 4.4 % gave first preference for doctor, 3.3 % gave first preference for counselor and 3.9 % gave first preference for elder siblings. More students prefer to get advice from their mother. Family has a prominent role in imparting sex education. Providing proper sex education helps the women to maintain a good sexual health, helps the male to maintain a good relation with the opposite gender, helps in reducing crimes related to child abuse, women abuse etc. Even the social issues like child marriage; women abuse etc can be controlled by providing proper sex education which can help the people to lead a peaceful life with proper social relations.