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More than two years after some states banned sex education saying it would corrupt young minds,Gujarat has introduced a locally improvised version of the education module from this session in schools,dubbed Health,Education and Life Skill Programme (HELP).
Teachers have been trained to teach the module designed for students of Classes VIII,IX and X. It has been designed locally,in collaboration with the Education Department. Experts say the contents keep in view cultural considerations and would not offend anybody.
Integrated with physical education,the chapters cover not only sex and related information,as well as impart knowledge on reproductive health,but other issues such as voluntary blood donation,environment and its role on health,and communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Knowledge would be given as per maturity of the children concerned. The sessions will not be in way of lectures but interactive sessions, said Dr Pradeep Kumar,Additional Project Director,Gujarat State AIDS Control Society.
