ABSTRACT
Adolescence
is a time when young people are leaning a great deal about themselves and
adjusting to rapid change in their bodies. During early adolescence, many
experience a new uncertainty about their bodies and how they function. They
need information and assurance about what is happening to them. As they, mature,
some feel confused about what they are supposed to do in a variety of
situations relationships with family and pears; coping with new suave feeling
and trying to assess conflicting messages about who they are and what is expected
of them as human beings.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Sexually education is a planned process of education
the fosters the acquisition of factual information the information of positive
attitude beliefs and values, as well as the development of skills to cope with
the biological, psychological, socio-cultural and spiritual aspects of human
sexuality. Therefore, the main purpose of teaching sexuality education in
secondary schools is to promote sexual health by providing learners with
opportunities to:
- Develop a positive and factual view
of sexuality.
- Acquire
the information and skills they need to take care of their sexual heath,
including preventing HIV/AID and other sexuality transmitted
infections/diseases
- Respect
and value themselves and others, and acquire the skills needed to make healthy
decisions about their sexual health and behavior.
According to Obigue (2003)
adolescence is the time when young people are learning a great deal about
themselves and adjusting to rapid changes in their bodies. However, it is
observed that during early adolescence a new uncertainty about their bodies and
how it functions they need information and assurance about what is happening to
them. As they mature, some feel confused about what they are supposed to do in
a varity of situations including making sense of evolving relationship with
family and pears; coping with new sexual, and trying to assess conflicting
messages about who they are and what is expected of them in the society.
Matter (1996) opinioned that,
parents, educations, and communities all faces the challenge of creating
environments that support and nurture good health. Thus young people need
sexual education programmes that mode and teach positive self-worth,
responsibility education and understanding and acceptance of diversity and
sexual health many people still believe that sexual education would encourage
“sexual experimentation and several studies have been conducted to determine
whether sexual education programmes actually increase young people’s sexual
involvement.
One of these is the landmark study
commissioned by the world health organization (WHO) in (1993) which
conclusively show that, contrary to long – held beliefs no significant
relationship exist between receiving formal sexual education and initiating
sexual activity. Ratter sexual education result in postponement or reduction in
the frequency of sexual activity and more effective use of contraception and
adoption of safer behaviour.
Therefore, instead of informing
adolescents only about the health risk and potential negative consequence
associated with sexual activities; teachers need to provide young people more
balanced messages. They should not feed ashamed, more especially when the
teacher is a female teaching in a mix schools that boys and girls. Teacher’s
because of their religious beliefs do not put much emphasis on teaching sexual
education, to them it is the way to expose student to sexual activities.
Adolescents needs to receive clear,
proactive messages about sexual decision-making, but they also need more than
sexual activities. It deals with many aspects of life, including biology,
gender voles, body image and interpersonal relationships; thoughts, beliefs,
values, altitudes and feeling and sexual behaviour.
Young people should be assisted to
develop a positive sense of their own sexuality by creating enabling
opportunities for their as they learn about this part of themselves. According
to Charles (2011) id if the view that to understand that the element of one’s
sexuality is a life long process. Therefore it involves acquiring information
and forming altitudes and values and addresses all aspects of sexuality and
health. Teachers still stroked to the idea as it was in the pact. In the pact,
it was normal to protect advescants from receiving education on sexual matters
was abominable to youth ever within the manage circler. It was falsely believed
that ignorance would encourage chastity; yet the rampant unprotected sexual
activities among adolescents and the devastating consequences is evidence of
the failure to this approach.
Studies of the sexual and
reproductive health behaviour of Nigeria youth confirm that they had not been
formally taught about sexuality. Their information on this important subject
came from pears, news magazine and biology classes. The 1999 National
conference on, Adolescent Reproduction Health in Nigeria reviewed the status of
the country’s compliance with platform of action by the international
conference on population and development in 1994.
According to Action Health
Incorporated (2008) in Nigeria, like many other developing countries, adequate
attention has not been giving to adolescent reproductive health despite the
fact that recent data show that age at menarche is dropping; there is early
initiation of sexual activity; there is a high incidence of teenage pregnancy;
and that teenagers account for 8% of unsafe abortion complications treated in
hospital teachers are still nursing the idea and beliefs that arising from our
socio-culture heritage, issues relating to sexuality are usually not openly
discussed.
Nwokedi (1998) stated that although
we see sexuality around us, every day sexual education and services for
adolescents remains controversial issue in Nigeria. This statement clearly the
problem of Nigerians surveys conducted nationally show that teachers who ought
to be the primary sexual education of students or children and communicate to
then specific values about sexuality, play the least role in this area. School
provide little or no sexual education programmes for young people, learning
equally misinformed pears as the primary source of information on these issues.
The guideline also noted that many
more Nigerians are beginning to realize that if the problems of unwanted
teenager pregnancy STI/HIV/AIDS and sexual abuse are to be effective addressed,
it is important that all people should develop accurate, rational and
responsible attitudes and behaviour towards issue around sexuality. While the
high rates of unintended pregnancy and the frightening increase of STIS and
HIV/AIDS in young people are suitable concerns, it is important not to element
from our teaching, the many other dimensions of a young persons sexuality.
Adolescent sexuality is not a limited concept, which sexual activity is not
restricted to penetrative sex or use of contraceptives. Indeed sexual
expression may include kissing, touching, fantasy, sensual and erotic behavior.
Adolescents are also concerned with developing satisfying peer relationships.
With members of both sexes. They show greater interest in their own individual
development their family and relationships. Instead of focusing on genital
sexual behaviour alone. It is important to help from explore other topic that
influence their development such as body image, gender roles, and ways of
expressing love and intimacy among others
1.2 STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEM
The attitude of teachers toward the
teaching of sex education in secondary schools has become a source of worry as
the contemporary social vice and educational set back. Therefore the major aim
of this study is to discuss the attitudes of teacher in students in secondary
schools sex education. How teachers through sex education has contributed to
assist young development a positive sense of than own sexuality, by creating
opportunities for them to consider all aspects sexuality, to ask question and
to understand that the are teacher who support them as they learn about this
part of themselves.
1.3 PURPOSE
OF THE STUDY
The main purpose of this study is to
checkmate the attitudes of teacher in teaching sex education in secondary
schools in Nigeria, especially in secondary school Nnewi-North Local Government
Area of Anambra state. Precisely the study equally finds it fit the target of
achieving the following objectives:-
1. To
examine the extent, teachers attitudes towards the teaching of sex education in
secondary schools.
2. The
effect of sex-education to the secondary school students.
3. Efforts
of parents as primary educations to children on sexual education in the society/community
4. To
suggest possible ways creating more public, students and parents awareness on
the need to teach or enlighten the adolescent the important of sexual education
in and outside the school environment.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY
This research work or study will assist in a quieter
understanding the attitude of teacher towards educational objectives – teaching
of sexual education in secondary schools of Nnewi-North Local Government Area
of Anambra State. This study is also useful for parents who have thought that
sex education should not be taught to the youths because it is being regarded
as abnormal and should be avoided thus it will assist them to actually
understand the need to teach the young people sex education.
Its primary goal is to help
educations of Nigerian adolescence again the knowledge and skills needed to
express their sexuality in life-enhancing ways, more also to help students
understand the value and appreciate the difference among individuals.
1.5 THE
STUDY CENTERS ON THE ATTITUDE
Of teachers towards the teaching of
sex education in secondary school in Nnewi-North Local Government Area of
Anambra Slater. The study is limited to the following secondary schools.
i. Okongwu Memorial Grammar school Nnewi.
(ii) Maria Regina secondary school Nnewi (iii) Girls High School Nnewi and
Bishop Uzodike seminar school Nnewi.
1.6 QUESTION
Following the basics of research work on the teachers
attitudes towards the leading of sex education in secondary schools in Nnewi –
North Local Government Area of Anambra state four research question were
formulated to guide this study.
1. What
are the attitudes of teachers in teaching sex education in secondary schools in
Nnewi – North Local Government Area of Anambra state?
2. Does
sex-education affects the spreading of HIV/AIDS and other secondary student.
3. Do
parents play active role as a primary educator of sex education in their
various communities?
4. How
can sex education be property target in secondary school in Nnewi – North Local
Government Area of Anambra state?
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES
This literature review is meant to affixed many areas as regard the
research topic under consideration many writer has wetter on the issue of
teachers attitude in teaching sex education in secondary school some writers
wrote without porting to the principle thing that promotes this issue of
teachers attitude in teaching sex education.
In this
research work teaching of sex education to the young people in our society move
especially in secondary schools therefore this literature review well be made
under the following sub. Headings
1. What sex education is all about
2. Teacher attitudes towards teaching of
sex education
3. Parents
and communities as the primary education of sexuality education.
4. Possible
way of promote sex education in our society more especially in secondary
schools in Nnewi-Nurth Local Government Area of Anambra State.
2.1 THE
CONCEPT OF SEX EDUCATION
Sex education is a palmed process of factual
information the information of positive attitudes, bellows and vane as well as
the development of skills to cope with the biological, psychological social
cultural and spatula as puts of human e sexual education is the promotion of
sexual heath by providing learners with opportunities to develop a positive and
factual view of sexuality. According to Dike .B (1989) sex education enhanced
the creamer to acquire the formation and skills they need to take care of than
sexual health, clouding pivoting STI/HIV/AID and sexual transmitted diseases.
Adolescent is the period of time when young people are leering a great deal
about themselves and adjusting to rapid change in their bodies during this
early period of adolescence many experience a new uncertainty about their bodies
and how they function what is happing to them pressure to conform to
gender-role stereo type increase during adolescence. Girls will be expected to
act as a young mother in their culture and may be discouraged form acting and
playing the games that boys play. Boys also have stance typed gender- role
message. Many will have learned that any deviation form “acting like a man will
expose them to ridicule or outright injection
Maduabuchi
(2005) is of the view that young people Sean to initiate sexual intercourse
much earlier their in the past and young mothers suffer form various maternal
complications. Two out of every fine secondary school girls have had at least
one proviso pregnancy 150 out of every 1000 women who gene birth are 19 yams
old or under, and 50% of the deaths recoded in Nigeria high mater al mortality
figure are adolescent girls, due to illegally in deuced abortion.
2.2 TEACHER
ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHING SEX-EDUCATION.
A teacher is someone who gives instructions especially
in a school or privately. At school, the teacher acts as surrogates to children
He is an agent of deliberate attempt to socialize youths He imposes societal
values upon the youths. The teacher is an interpreter in moral matters. Judging
form the society in which he teaches and considering the experience of his
pupils, the teacher is to bring his pupils to understand the difference between
right and wrong bet wean what is socially acceptable (good) and socially
unacceptable (wrong) It is generality accepted that teacher constitute the
pivot of any school system this is because the success of any system of
education depends to a target extent on the number of teachers, their quality,
and devotion to dirty and their effectiveness on the Job. It is as a result of
this central position of the teacher that it’s is often said that no education
system could rise above the quality of its teachers. This actually is why Razik
( 1972) say validity of any educational system nationally is dependent upon the
quality of the teaching it is ultimately
the teacher who decides on what goes on in the classroom and transfers
educational theories and principle into practice. Alaezi (1990) describes
teaching as the business of all those involved in the act changing human
behaviour and transformation of society render them perceptibly significant
respectable and recognizable to other because of the consequences they
accomplish and the unique manner they do them. Thus, teacher’s attitude toward
the teaching of sex education in secondary school in Nnenu- North Local
Government Area of Anambera State is not a welcome development or positing
strategies toward preventing and controlling HN/AID and other sexual
transmitted infections/ disenables It has been notice that teaching sex
education in secondary school is some times misconceived to be synonymous with
lessoned on sexual intercourse and unrestrained teachers are usually skeptical
about the usefulness of this type of education to students secondly another
challenges faced by teacher is leak of qualified teachers. Sequenced efforts at
sex education are not undertaken by relevantly trained teacher instead, they
are made by such unqualified presumed as medical doctors, ruses, health
scientists teachers shaves the traditional belief that sex education at best can
only remind and in duce the children to engage in premaritce sexual acts.
Fifthly religions barriers is another factors which influences teachers our
their attitude in teaching sex education. Our country is a secular one or
non-sectarian with regard to religion and its practices. As a result, there is
multiplicity of religious and religious philosophies contrail controlled by
nobody. Many of these religious groups from at sex education fearing that it
may lead to licentiousness or fornication. Lastly other constraints faced by
teachers are low level of education. Poverty, lack of appropriate instructions
materials, and fear of misuse by the students.
Therefore, in other to avoid getting in any of those
obnoxious activities, people need clear and well articulated understanding of
their sex life. If this knowledge is derived them, they will grope in darkness
of ignorance and unknowing get entangled in the ill aforementioned. Sex
education is the only avenue through which such knowledge can be consequently disseminated
2.3 Parents
and Communities as the Primary Educators of Six Education
There is no doubt in the saying that charity begins at
home. Parents and communities all face the Chattooga of creating environments
that support and nurture good sexual health. Young people need sexual education
programmes that model and teach positive self-worth, responsibility,
understanding and acceptance of diversity and sexual health. Many people still
believe that sexuality education would encourage sexual. Therefore parents, and
communities and their leader should correct this impression of people’s eely on
sexual behaviour in the society.
2.4 Possible
Ways of Promoting Sex Education
The success of school health programmes – sex
education demands an effective partnership between ministries of education and
health, and between teachers, communities and parents. The health sector
retains the responsibility for the health of children, but the education sector
is responsible for implementing and funding school based programmes. These
sectors need to identify respective responsibilities and present coordinated
action to improve and promote health – sex education and learning outcomes for
children.
Thus, information should be made available concerning
the social and economic implications (for the individual and for the society in
general) of unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
- That
policy makers should encourage incorporating appropriate programmes for
adolescent within national family planning programme.
- That
research should be undertaken to describe the changing nature of vulnerability
of this age group to the risk of unwanted pregnancy and abortion also, detailed
research proposals should be formulated to examine, sex education training
available to family life education etc.
Lastly, effort of the government geared towards family
planning, family life programmes and population control, will greatly be
enhanced through institutionalized, adequately systematized and appropriately
regulated programme of studies on all sex-related maters in the country.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter discusses the method employed by the
research in carrying out the study. It is discussed in the following
sub-headings-design of the study, area of the study population of the study, sample
and sampling technique, instrument for data collection, valid of the
instrument, method of data collection and method of data analysis.
3.1 Design
of the Study
This study design can be referred to as descriptive
survey. This design according to Maduabuchim (1999), is one in which data are
collected from a relatively large number of respondents items considered to be
representative of the whole population of a group. He asserted also that
descriptive survey is concerned with description of events as they are.
3.2 Area
of the Study
The area of the study is Nnewi – North Local
Government Area of Anambra state. Nnewi-North is one of the Local Government
Area of Anambra state. But the study is centered in four communities namely:-
Umudim, Otolo, Nnewichi and Uruagu respectively.
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
The population of this study comprised four (4)
secondary school each from the aforementioned communities.
3.3 Sample
and Sample Technique
The population was sampled using sample random
technique for easy coverage of the targeted population India study sampling
random technique were used for data collection persons were randomly selected
from each of the four secondary school in the from ward/communities in Nnewi –
North Local Government Area of Anambra state. This give a total population two
hundred (200) Respondents.
3.4 Instrument
for Date Collection
The instrument for data collection in this study was a
structured questionnaire entitled Attitudes of teachers toward teaching sex
education in Nnewi – North Local Government Area of Anambra state. The
questionnaires was designed by the researcher and it was survey method as well
as personal oral interview.
The questionnaire were carefully structured in such a
manner that it will elicit personal information need for the study the rational
for the questionnaire is to test whether the research questions stand for true
or false.
In all, two hundred (200) questionnaires were
distributed to one hundred and sixty (160) students and forty (40)
questionnaires to teachers from the sampled secondary school in Nnewi – North
Local Government Area of Anambra state. The respondents completed the
questionnaire and all were successfully retuned with the help of the research.
3.5 Validity
of the Instrument
The draft was first presented to the project
supervisor who made necessary convection as regard the language contact and
sentence structure. Instrument was also presented to three senior lectures in
the Department of Arts and social science education and other two lecturers in
measurement and Evaluation at Ikwo Colleague Education.
These lecturers veiled each items in terms of sentence
structure and adequacy instrument.
Based on their comments and suggestions, some of the
original items were dropped, therefore the view and suggestion of these experts
were incorporated in the final questionnaire.
3.6 Method
of Data Collection
Copies of the questionnaire were distributed to two
(200) hundred respondents. Fifty (50) respondents from each of the four (4)
secondary school randomly sample as the targeted population. Each respondent
complied by filing the questionnaire, while the researcher and three (3)
assistant researchers waited to collect it on completion. No questionnaire was
lost.
3.7 Method
of Data Analysis
The method of data analysis would involved the use of
descriptive statistics such as percentage and means to establish the degree of
responses.
To ease data reporting, the summary of the result were
set out in the table, in line with research questions/items which was formulated
to guide the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
This chapter involves the actual presentation of data
obtained from the field through the use of questionnaire and intervenes based
on the four (4) research question that guided the study.
Research Question i.
What are the attitude of teachers in teaching sex
education in secondary schools in Nnewi – North Local Government Area of
Anambra state.
|
S/N
|
Question/Items
|
Total
|
Yes
|
%
|
No
|
%
|
|
1
|
Female
teachers are ashamed or fell shy to discuss sex or its related issue in mix
or boys secondary schools.
|
200
|
150
|
75
|
50
|
25
|
|
2
|
They
have misconception that teaching sex in secondary school will induce the rate
of sex and drug abuse
|
200
|
180
|
90
|
20
|
10
|
|
3
|
That
sex education is meant for married people and should not be taught outside
marriage
|
200
|
160
|
80
|
40
|
20
|
|
4
|
Some
of the teacher are not properly trained on this subject sex education
|
200
|
190
|
95
|
10
|
5
|
The summary of data analysis as presented
above table shows that 150 out of 200 respondents which 15 representing 75% are
of the view that teachers (females) are ashamed or feel shy in discussing sex
or its relate issue in the mix school is with boys are girl and in boys
secondary schools while 50 respondents representing 25% sand no. item two in
the table shows that 180 respondents, representing 90% are of the opinion that
teachers has misconception that teaching sex education will induce the rate of
sex and drugs abuse; while 20 respondents representing 10% disagreed with them.
Number three question in the table stated that sex education is meant for
married couples and shouldn’t taught outside marriage cycle. 160 representing
80% agreed while 40 respondent, representing 20% disagreed lastly in the table,
190 respondents representing 95% are of the opinion that some teachers are not
properly tramped on the subject sex education, which 10 respondents
representing 5% seize no.
Research Question ii
Does sex education affects the
spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexual transmitted deceases in secondary schools.
|
S/N
|
Question/Items
|
Total
|
Yes
|
%
|
No
|
%
|
|
1
|
It
will reduce the rate of death as result of HIV/AIDS infections.
|
200
|
150
|
75
|
50
|
25
|
|
2
|
It
create more awareness of other diseases associated with sexuality.
|
200
|
195
|
975
|
5
|
2.5
|
|
3
|
It
will reduce number of orphans who’s parents died because of HIV/AIDS
|
200
|
170
|
85
|
30
|
15
|
From the above table 11 it shows that 150 respondents,
representing 75% are of the opinion that, it will reduce the rate of death as
result of HIV/AIDS infection which 50 respondents representing 25% totally
disagreed.
In item two in the table 195
respondents which representing 97.5% are of the view that it will create more
awareness of other diseases associated with sexuality, which 5 respondents
representing 2.5% said no.
The third item stated it will reduce
the numbers of orphans whose parents died because of HIV/AIDS infection while
30 respondents representing 15% disagreed
Research Question iii
Do parents play active role as a
primary educator of sex education in their various communities?
|
S/N
|
Question/Items
|
Total
|
Yes
|
%
|
No
|
%
|
|
1
|
It
is beloved that it will lead sex above among children in the society
|
200
|
180
|
90
|
20
|
10
|
|
2
|
They
are skeptical about the usefulness of sex education
|
200
|
190
|
95
|
10
|
5
|
|
3
|
It
is traditional belief that education will remind and induce the children to
engage in pre-martial sexual acts
|
200
|
185
|
92.5
|
15
|
7.5
|
From the above table iii, it is
reflected that 180 respondents, representing 90% agreed that it is believed
that it lead to sex abuse among children, while 20 respondents, representing
10% said No. from the table, item (2) 190 respondents, representing 95% are of
the idea that they are skeptical about the usefulness of sex education, while
10 respondents representing 5% total disagree.
Lastly on the label item three state
that it is traditional belief that sex education will mind and induce the
children to engage in premarital sexual acts.
Research Question iv
How can sex education be properly taught in secondary
schools in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State
|
S/N
|
Question/Items
|
Total
|
Yes
|
%
|
No
|
%
|
|
1
|
More
research should be conducted on sex education nation wide.
|
200
|
180
|
90
|
20
|
10
|
|
2
|
Teachers
should be adequately trained on sex education
|
200
|
190
|
95
|
10
|
5
|
|
3
|
Parents
should be encourage to teach their children the consequences of unwanted
pregnancy
|
200
|
185
|
92.5
|
15
|
7.5
|
From the above table item “y” 190
respondents, representing 95% unanimously agreed that more research work should
be carried out on sex education, while 10 respondents representing 5% disagreed
with them. Item “2” in the same tables. That teachers should be adequately
trained on sex education, 170 respondents representing 85% agreed with the
above statement, while 30 respondents, which represented 15% said no.
In the table, item three “3” is of
the opinion that parents should be encourage to teach their children the
consequences of unwanted pregnancy, 195 respondents which represents 97.5%
agreed with the above statement, while 5 respondents, while 5 respondents
representing 10% disagreed.
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSIONS OF FINDINGS, EDUCATIONAL
IMPLICATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION DISCUSSION
The result of data analysis in table
1 revealed that the items are of the general opinion that female teacher are
ashamed or feel shy to teach sex education in second is a mix schools
boys/girls boys secondary schools 150 out 200 respondents representing 75%
disagreed on the above statement.
Also in the same table the item two
180 respondents, representing 90% are of the view that teachers has the
miscomputation that teaching of sex education will induce the rate of sex and
abuse in secondary schools while twenty (20) respondents representing 10% said
no lastly in that table, 180 respondents representing 95% are of the view that,
some of the teachers are not property trained on this subject, sex education.
In the second research question
which stated that sex education affect the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexual
transmitted infections. The first item in the table stated that it reduced the
death rate as result of HIV/AIDS scourge, 150 respondents out of 200, which
represents 75% unanimously agreed while 50 respondents, representing 85%
disagreed with them. Second item in the table, stated that it created more
awareness of other diseases associated with sexuality. On that out 200
respondents 195 respondents representing 97.5% bought the idea while 5
respondents representing 2.5% refused their idea.
In the same table it was revealed
that 200 respondents 170 respondents, representing 85% are of the opinion that,
it will reduce number of orphan who’s parents died because of HIV/AIDS
infection while 30 respondents, representing 15% objected the statement.
In research question three, which is
of the view that if parents do play positioned role as a primary educator of
sex education in their various communities. In the table, first item stated
that, it is believed that it will lead sex abuse among children in the society.
On that out, 200 respondents 190 respondents agreed, which represents 90%, but
20 respondents which represents 10% said no. in the same table item “2” stated
that parents are skeptical about the usefulness of sex education. Out of 200
respondents 190 respondents unanimously agreed which represents 95%, but 10
respondents, which represents 5% total disagreed to them. Hastily in the table,
item three stated, that it is traditional belief that sex education will remind
and induce the children to engage in premarital sex acts. 185 respondents
representing 92.5% agreed, which 15 respondents representing 7.5% said no.
In the research question 4 four it
is stated hour can sex education be properly taught in secondary school in
Nnewi – North Local Government Area of Anamber state. Out of 200 respondents
190 respondents, representing 95% supported the view that more research should
be conducted on sex education nation-wide; while 10 respondents, which
representing 5% disagreed totally. The second items in the table has it that
teachers should be adequately trained on sex education. Out of 200 respondents
170 respondents agreed which represents 85%, but 30 respondents which
represents 15% said no last the third item in the table also stated that
parents should be encourage to teach their children the consequences of
unwanted respondents are of the general opinion on the abuse statement which
represents 97%, but 5 respondents which represents 97%, but 5 respondents which
represent 1% disagreed to them.
EDUCATIONAL
IMPLICATIONS
The study revealed that the attitude
of teachers towards the teaching of sex education in secondary school is not
helping maters in the effort of preventing and controlling of HIV/AIDS and
other sexually related transmitted infections.
The study also revealed that parents
in their efforts are properly lacking behind toward teaching or educating their
children on sex. Knowing fully that parents are or supposed to be primary
educator on sex education but because of their culture abhors any discussion on
sex-related matters in a public place and it is viewed as an anathema to
discuss sex-related issues with tea wagers. Therefore parents should adjust
their culture.
CONCLUSION
The findings of the study revealed
that appropriate application of teaching sex education will provide relevant
information about HIV/AIDS scourge, especially for young people 80th
at home, school and the entire society. That the home for instance should that
children be well informed about the damage of pre-marital sex sharing unsterilised
skin piercing instruments and avoid having casual sex without condom.
The study also revealed that parents
should cre3ate a home environment in which the children are free to discuss
their problems with them. That questions from children on sex and other related
matters should be answered with sincerity. It related also that people should
cultivate positive sexual behaviour such as avoidance of pre- marital sex drug
addition, having contact with intuited blood through sharing needles or
syringes etc. all these will be benefits to be driven from sex education in our
secondary school, homes and the entire society behaviour/attitudes toward
teaching unsex-education to their children.
The study revealed the need for
teachers to be properly trained and equipped with relevant material to able and
enable them perform the job more efficiently should be highly put in place.
The study revealed that sex
education will provide the panacea to sex- related problems. Sex educations
emphasize the divine importance of sex as the basis of reproduction and
continuity of life on earth. It deemphasizes the moral and misconstrued use of
sex in whatever from.
RECOMMENDATION
Based on the finding of the research, the following
recommendations were made:-
(1) That
parent should be encouraged in teaching their children sex Education since
teaching might save the children from unwanted consequences that might result
from lack such knowledge
(2) Teachers
also should be given adequate training on sex Education to equip them with able
and enable materials to gain the knowledge theme in.
(3) Adult
citizens of Anambra state, should be discouraged from being shy in talk or
teaching about Education, since such attitude might hinder, them from teaching
sex Education in their individual families.
(4) Teacher,
political and religious leaders, councilor, social heath worker and village
heads should create the chance to conduct sponsored seminars.
(5) The
children should be vividly mate to understand by their parents that sex
education is a part of informal education therefore they are entitled to learn
from their parents.
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