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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Negative Effects of Having Sex Education In Schools
Having sex education in schools could bring more negative effects than the positive ones.One of the negative effect is it will trigger curiousity among students to find out about sex and eventually they will involve in free sex.It is true that sex education is likely introduced to prevent pregnancy among teenagers as the students will be taught about methods of preventing pregnancy,but it doesn't mean that pregnancy will never happens.It is afraid that if these teenagers got pregnant out of wedlock,they will dump the baby right after they gives birth and the cases of baby dumping will never decreased.Apart from that,sex education in schools could be offensive due to religion and custom.It is because,sex is considered something personal and yet not to be talked about in the publics.Sex is also considered as taboo in eastern society.
Malaysian teachers say ‘no’ to sex education
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian teachers are saying “no” to teaching sex education in schools.
They lack professional training in teaching the subject, National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng said Tuesday.
She said while the union fully supported the Government’s move to provide sex education in schools, “sadly, the teachers lack formal training in the complexity and sensitivity of the subject and are not confident to teach it.”
Lok said the teachers were afraid they might be sued by the parents “if they were to make mistakes in imparting the knowledge of sex to the pupils.”
Malaysia is a multiracial, religious and cultural nation with each ethnic group having its own notion on the subject, which made the teaching more challenging, she noted.
The NUTP is the country’s biggest teachers union representing 160,000 teachers, which is approximately half the teaching profession.
Lok said the union wanted the Education Ministry to first hold discussions with stakeholders on the pros and cons of the move before making a firm decision.
Currently, the subject was taught in “bits and pieces” from the primary level to secondary level, in the absence of a proper structured course.
Of late, sex education has become a very important issue in the country, with an increasing number of unwed mothers, many of them students.
Meanwhile, a Bernama survey among students, parents and teachers showed that all groups were in favour of sex education but were unsure of the form and content of the course.
Teenage student Jayaraman said he was all for it, but was unsure what and how the teachers were going to teach because “we have more girls than boys in our class and most of our teachers are female.”
Abdul Raof Bidin, 38, who has two school-going children, felt that it was necessary to teach the subject.
“It should be handled with care as it could easily be misconstrued and do more harm than good, if wrongly imparted,” he said.
Another parent, M. Arumugam, 44, believes it was better for medical professionals like doctors and nurses to impart the subject to students.
”Maybe the Education Ministry should consult the Health Ministry and come up with some kind of arrangement for teachers to be provided with on-the-job training,” he said.
Betty Lee, who has been a teacher for 24 years, felt that the subject was best handled by “teachers who themselves are mothers and know how to handle such a complex subject.”
”With due respect, not all teachers can teach the subject, and the ministry should be very careful in selecting the right candidate for the job,” said the 50-year-old ---- Bernama
School Of Hope's Student Gives Birth to Baby Boy
A baby boy weighed 3.6 kg was born on October 4th at Jasin Hospital.He became the first baby of School of Hope that was opened on September 17th. Melaka Chief Minister,Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam was told that the baby would be cared for by the student's family,Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam was the first who camed up with the idea of setting up this school for those who got pregnant out of wedlock.The school was also opened not just to protect the teenagers who got pregnant,it was also set up to curb the dumping of unwanted babies.
School of Hope
JASIN: The country's first school for pregnant teens, School of Hope, received its first enrolment of students here Monday.
The teens, accompanied by their parents, were first required to make their formal application at the Malacca Islamic Religious Department (Jaim) in Kompleks Al Azim in Peringgit, before heading to the school.
The first to be seen was a young Chinese teen, who arrived with her parents at the school's dormitory, House of Hope, located adjacent to it, around 9.15am.
Jaim's chief enforcement officer Rahimin Bani said prospective applicants were interviewed Sunday.
He said the four-stage application processs involved an interview of the girl and her parents, submission of medical reports, background check and counselling, before registration.
He said that Jaim would also liaise closely with the relevant government agencies, such as the state welfare and registration departments, and Syariah courts here, to ensure proper procedures were followed.
"They (the teens) want to continue their studies and sit for their examinations.
"This the main reason they are here to enrol," he said when contacted Monday.
On Sunday, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said families of five pregnants teens had sought to enrol their daugthers in the school here.
The five, four Malays and a Chinese, will begin Form Four and Form Five
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