Re: Separate classes for boys and girls on sex education?

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

Re: /message/9105

This is inresponse to the article on 'Seperate classes for boys and girls on sex

education'.

On number of occasions, it has been my personal experience that we can do

justice to the attempt to create awareness on HIV/AIDS, and also while

conducting Adolescent Education Programs in the schools if we take the classes

seperately even in the co-education schools.

A Sarpanch of a Raigad village allowed my talk with the shcool students only

after confirming that I would be taking seperate classes. I obviously, gave due

importance to the villagers opinion.

The kind of questions and queries raised by both the boys' and girls' groups

made me realise that the decision of conducting seperate classes was good. They

had number of doubts about their physical, emotional changes happening in the

recent past i.e. puberty related issues.

When I was with the girls group, our team of outreach workers, medical social

workers and the counselor gave the boys' group some simple games to play which

they had obtained from MSACS giving information on HIV-AIDS.

I am sure there will be a lot of relief to number of Indian parents who do want

their children to get proper scientific information on the subject but at the

same time, are very uncomfortable at the thought of subjecting them to such

information in common groups.

Thanks Dr. Jolly for the information.

Dr. Divya

               

Dr. Divya Mithel

e-mail: <d_mithel@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

Re: /message/9105

I read Dr. Divya's response related to separate classes for boys and girls on

sex education. Related to this issue, I would like to share my experience

conducting classes with the students from VIII to X STD in Shirur taluka, Pune.

When I approach to Head master to taking classes on sex education with their

students, He strictly denied doing this. He is very anxious about this issue.

When I convinced him the importance of the related issue and need of the

education to these children, slightly he does agree but separate classes with

the boys and girls.

I also felt comfortable to conduct classes separately because rural girls and

boys have had strong burden from the teachers and itself also.

Thanks Dr. Divya and your team

Regards

Mr. Bhanudas Suryawanshi

Pune

e-mail: <bhanudas.suryawanshi@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

Re: /message/9105

I have been following this discussion with interest. It is my experience too

that Sex Education in communities and schools is usually best if delivered for

boys and girls separately. However in creating this divide we should not stop at

teaching only girls about menstruation and only boys about masturbation. Boys if

they have to grow up to be sensitive partners and fathers need to know all about

what growing up is for a girl too.

Regards

Dr Charulatha Banerjee

25A, Sarat Bose Road

3B, Sindu apartments

KOLKATA 700020

e-mail: <charulatha.banerjee@...>