The Teaching of Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Basis for a Guidance Program on Sexuality Awareness

Abstract

The government has acknowledged the necessity for a thorough approach to sexuality education. Incorporating it into the curriculum is one way to progressively give young people the power to make educated decisions. With this in mind, this study investigated the extent to which comprehensive sexuality education is taught to Grade 10 students, as well as the factors that typically influence these students' sexuality. The students' perceptions of the current benefits and drawbacks of comprehensive sexuality education were elicited, resulting in their appreciation of the contribution of school initiatives to their reawakening of human sexuality. The assessment results from the students became an input in the proposed school-based guidance program on sexuality education awareness.