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INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Sex education is one of the
major determinants of future stability in families of the nation.
Unfortunately, in Nigeria today while time and money are being spent on
curriculum work and school environment, surprisingly, little time and attention
are paid to the crucial issues of sex education.
Sex education is a comprehensive and systematic
development program extending from infancy to maturity. It is planned and
directed to produce social and moral desirable sexual attitudes practices and
personal behaviour.
Sex problems have a very devastating effect on the
individual in our society. Some people have wrong ideas about sex education.
This is not surprising, considering the fact that many old people have their
respective viewpoint about life.
With the greater freedom of discussion of sex in our
society and the earlier maturity of children today, one would not consider the
introduction of ex education to our teenagers too early. The introduction of
proper sex education to our youths will reduce many of the societal problems
now facing us.
The bringing together of boys and girls into the same
schools creates problems of physical contact and emotional involvement which
eventually culminate in arousing sexuality.
A majority of Nigerian parents and teachers believe that
the sex education of their children is the parent’s responsibility while some
others would welcome its introduction into the school curriculum. This lead to
the question, ‘what are the students views towards it introduction into school
curriculum?
Simply put, sex education is that dealing with the
processes and problems of reproductions designed to provide the individual with
understanding and control of their sex impulses and behaviour. It also deals
with the principles of both individual and groups problems stemming from the
biological fact that there are two basic types of human beings – males and
females.
The need for the teaching of sex education in secondary
schools in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Cannot be overemphasized. This is
because of the influx of people from different ethnic group into the locality.
Ikpoba-Okha has not only increased in population but also in size. The need to
actualize these sexual feelings became evidence when the students are among
themselves. But the forceful preventives warning of the parents only serve
temporary chock on sexual tendencies amongst these youth. With these children
sent to secondary schools and no thorough knowledge of sex life, a lot of
problems easily come into play as the student’s jumps into their game of
uncontrolled emotion. As a place for the dissemination of knowledge, secondary
schools become the local point fort the introduction of sex education, since
present generation involve themselves in promiscuity and corruption, there is
the need for them to be taught what sexual relationship is. With this, a lot of
changes will occur in the life of the students, parents and the community at
large.
According to Calderome (1972) the World War II marked the
liberalization of many attitudes about sex as well as the beginning of changes
in behaviour leading individuals all over the world to advocate for ‘telling
the truth’ to children. The child study association of America in the 1920s led
the way toward an open approach to all topics including sex education. Though
more emphasis was placed on reproductive education, since then, the concept has
enlarged considering today sex education encompasses a wide range of
biological, sociological and psychological knowledge. Today there is the
awareness of the need for sex education in schools, churches and other
institutions of the growing concern over teenage pregnancies, abortions,
venereal disease, increased promiscuity, widespread martial and sexual
difficulties.
Sources of initiatives are the sex information and
education council of the United State (SIECUS), which was founded in 1963,
professional groups and all levels, while Calder-Wood D. D. and Sloan (1982)
added the Japanese Association for sex education.
More so, the knowledge of sex education will reduce the
rate of casualty, which would have resulted from illegal procurement of abortion
by quack doctors or nurses. Presently sex education programmes have been
integrated into several secondary school education programmes.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
Ignorance of sex and its associated problems is prevalent
in and among secondary school students. The life of students are shattered with
the passing of incorrect information among themselves, they get misled by
others.
Today, the problems resulting from the lack of sex
education to our youth are numerous. They are unwanted pregnancies, increase
abortion, high incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and high rates of
sexual promiscuity. All these have led
to inability to concentrate, poor school performance, deterioration of mental
health of students, high rate of school drop outs, increase in illiteracy and
over population. Consequently, the educational opportunity of Nigeria youth is
greatly affected and this posses a great loss to the society. Religious bodies
view sex education as premature, dangerous and likely to lead to sexual
promiscuity. To behavioural scientists, the introduction of sex education is
proper. However, despite the increasing sexual problems, parents and schools
are still not providing teenagers with proper knowledge of sex.
Young people regard sex as fun rather than what it really
is. They see it as a personal and private affair of the participants, which it
is not. They take to themselves as a teacher (which is not good enough) and
have been guided by mythologies and misconceptions about sex.
Many administrations have bee greatly worried about the
appropriate level of which sex education can be introduced, who should teach
sex education, what to teach and what not to. It should however, be realized
that sex education if properly given does not arouse morbid curiosity but does
exactly the opposite to young people. Whereas, the misinformation, secret,
misinterpretation and fables about sex functions leads to dangerous
consequences. Therefore, information about sex education gives an insight to
people understanding of sex functions.
It was Liewely-Jones Derek (1978) who noted that adults
complain about the irresponsibility of teenagers about their lack of respect,
about their morals and promiscuity, yet it is difficult to ask teenagers to
develop responsibility when adults seen to be rejecting it and when society
seems to be fragmenting it is particularly difficult to ask young people to
maintain sexual responsibility. He needs to be alert to talk to someone close
to him and not have to talk to her parents as strangers. It parents are unable
to answer her questions regarding social, moral and sexual attitudes, then they
have failed as parents and should not blame their children for failing. As
children grow older, their interest in sex increases.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of the study is therefore to sample the
attitude of parents on the issue of sex education in secondary school
curriculum. This study is also programmed to find out how sexual problem deeply
influence students in order to portray the need for schools. It would also
educate the students to know what sexual relationship is and the implication of
sex promiscuity.
And to make a case for the need to teach sex education in
secondary schools beginning from junior secondary III. It also seeks to find
out the various ways in which sex education can be taught, who to teach it and
the goals to be achieved from teaching sex education.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The outcome of this research programme will enable the
readers not only to identity the need for introducing the course sex education
into secondary school curriculum, but will also assist in the enumeration of
the problems occurring due to the non-introduction of sex education into
secondary schools and possible solution to the elimination of such associated
problems. It will also help the readers to understand that the babies got from
unwanted pregnancy by school girls may be fatherless, thus they will always
create problems to their parents and also the society in general.
It is hoped that through the findings, the various
misconceptions on the issue of sex education will be corrected. There can be
nothing more damaging to effective sex reduction than shame, embarrassment and
untruthfulness on timidity about sex. It is also hoped that a solution to the
problems affecting sex education will be achieved so that meaningful sex
education will be taught to our youths.
Solving the issue of sex education will go far in
improving on the health of every individual, school performance, population
growth and therefore lighten the standard of living.
With the knowledge and not ignorance of sex education,
youth will be in a better position to understand the challenges of growing up
and the values of sex as well as its pit falls.
ASSUMPTIONS
1. The teaching of sex
education should be limited to female teachers.
2. The teaching of sex
education in secondary schools will reduce the rate of dropout that is caused
by indiscriminate sexual activities.
3. The knowledge of sex
education can reduce the rate of deaths that occur during the procurement of
abortion of unwanted pregnancies.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
i. Do parents feel that sex education will save
them from certain embarrassing situations?
ii. Do parents feel that sex education should be
taught at home?
iii. Do parents want sex education introduced into
the secondary school curriculum?
Can the problems of infertility among women in the society be reduced
with the knowledge of sex education
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Friday 25 October 2013
PARENTS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE STUDY OF SEX EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
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