Sex education in schools: GPA reviews studies on its effect on the sexual behavior of adolescents

ABSTRACT

Sex education, particularly at the primary school level (5-11+ in the Caribbean), remains a controversial subject yet to be resolved between certain influential sectors of society-the State, church as well as among some teachers and parents who have direct day-to-day responsibility for nurturing the minds of the young. Wherever sex education is taught in regional schools, it is done within the context of their family life education programmes which attempt to deal with broad issues of human sexuality. It is a matter of concern to all since sexual activity begins at a very early age in many parts of the Caribbean and related diseases continue to rise (AU)