To eradicate HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, students of secondary schools must be taught about the need to abstain from pre-marital sex through sex education or Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education, FLHE.
The Society for Family Health, SFH, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the presentation of a report on the impact of combating HIV/AIDS in the education sector in Nigeria.
The report of the Impact Evaluation of Family Life HIV/AIDS Education was presented by the Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with SFH.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who was represented at the event by the Director of Education Support Services, Justina Ibe, said the initiative was borne out of the need to equip in-school youth to abstain from pre-marital sex.
He said that the dissemination of the draft report was a scientific declaration that used the curricular and co-curricular strategies to communicate sexuality information to adolescents by the educational sector.
According to him, the exercise was delayed after the exit of the Global Fund Round 9 Phase 2 interventions on HIV/AIDS in schools.
“The exercise is a holistic effort to move the country forward and create a better HIV-free society for young people,” the minister said.

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“I implore that as partners, we should all contribute our quota for the success of the exercise.’’
The Managing Director of SFH, Bright Ekweremadu, said the implementation of FLHE in upper and lower secondary schools was paramount to the eradication of the scourge in Nigeria.
Mr. Ekweremadu lamented that the impact of FLHE on young persons was beclouded by the lack of empirical evidence of the efficiency and effectiveness of the approach at reaching young persons within schools.
He said students and young adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 years account for 54 million of the Nigerian population, hence the need to educate them on the dangers of the epidemic.
“The Global Fund Round 9 Phase 2 HIV grant in Nigeria (January 2013 and June 2015) conducted a quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of the FLHE programme among in-school students in Nigeria. The overall objective of the impact evaluation study was to identify proven intervention approaches to promoting sexual and reproductive health of in-school youths for better programming among them,” he said.
Mr. Ekweremadu said the evaluation compared the knowledge in selected indicators of persons who had been exposed to the intervention with those of equivalent persons who had not been exposed.
He said that lack of funding of the initiative brought about the development of a road map to further embellish and sustain the programme into the school system.

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“Unfortunately, this is yet to be implemented by the country, leaving a huge gap which is capable of eroding the gains made over the years. If Nigeria would curb the spread of new HIV infections, reduce teenage pregnancies to change the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic, we cannot ignore the continuation of the implementation of the programme,” he said.
“FLHE programme is a veritable strategy in the fight against HIV and other reproductive challenges facing young adolescents in the country,” he concluded.

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sources: http://www.popnews.com.ng/2017/12/why-sex-education-should-be-taught-in.html

So. . . . What the hell is the Ministry of Education still waiting for!?

Nice write-up

that's a good move...but they should make sure perverts are not made to teach such subjects, else we'll hear of "sex education practicals" one day...

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Catching them young is a very reliable approach.

Most students in secondary school are already professional BJ givers and experts in doggy style.

Nkechi, Bose, Chinyere, Osatohamen and Munirat all proved that to be true in my secondary school days.


In my own opinion, sex education in primary schools is a better start point.

You can't bend a dried fish, na break e go break!

even d students will educate u on sex.Children dat haf spoilt finish......lollll

Dem go soon come give reasons why it needs practicals soon

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Teach who exactly?

Children wey Don sabi nack right from their mothers womb

An average jss3 student already knows about sex without being taught in the school..sex education is something parents should teach their children..unfortunately most parents are either to busy or dont have the courage to bring up the matter

Its already being taught except u are talking of sharia secondary schools

nice development

Are we even teaching our own history in schools

Depends on content taught.

It is good to have knowledge about human reproduction, how to prevent conception and what to do when pregnant. But not to promote abstinence for the young, man-woman marriage and faithfulness in such marital norm will be anti-God and anti-humanity.

What is their problem with pre-marital sex? instead of educating the kids on how to use protection or preach both using protection and pre-marital sex.

what kinda of country is this filled with hypocrites?

HumbleGee:
An average jss3 student already knows about sex without being taught in the school..sex education is something parents should teach their children..unfortunately most parents are either to busy or dont have the courage to bring up the matter

Actually many parents also lack reproductive health knowledge. They need to seek the knowledge too or go for training too.

Secondary school you said? When secondary school students can even lecture you on see education

It has started from primary school. My little child in grade 2 knows what her private parts ( V, P, boobs, butt, thigh, lips etc) are already. She knows private parts should not be touched by opposite se.x. She knows each part by their real names and not the coded names given to them

Grade 2 pupils are already writing I love you letters, passing it to one another in class.

Sex education should be introduced into primary or basic school curriculum because those kids are learning fast with internet and phones

God will help this generations

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Actually many parents also lack reproductive health knowledge. They need to seek the knowledge too or go for training too.

True bro
only children production is known to them

Mtcheew

ibietela2:
What is their problem with pre-marital sex? instead of educating the kids on how to use protection or preach both using protection and pre-marital sex.

what kinda of country is this filled with hypocrites?

The problem with pre-marital sex: sin against God, humanity and self.

Whether or not you believe in the God who created sex to be engaged in as adults in love and life commitment. Whether or not this truth is a present reality.

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Noting wey nowadays PICKIN NEVER KNOW WALAI

Kids nowadays know all about sex

omojeesu:


The problem with pre-marital sex: sin against God, humanity and self.

Whether or not you believe in the God who created sex to be engaged in as adults in love and life commitment. Whether or not this truth is a present reality.

I see

Touchey:
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Over sabi didn't you see source there? Just read the thing jare if not interested leave you really don't have to discourage this guy Nice write up am glad you shared it for me I believe our schools need to teach about sex education it will help reduce a lot of chaos.