It’s not working: sex education makes teachers and students squirm

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A schoolgirl uses smartphone as she joins a group of friends at the school gate in Ho Chi Minh City, January 2019. Photo by Shutterstock

 

Pham Thanh Nga, a ninth-grade student in a Hanoi public school, said she felt uncomfortable with her sex education class. The teachers weren’t comfortable, either, she added.

 

Nga said she was taught about male and female genital organs, fertilization, conception and contraceptive methods from her eighth-grade biology textbook. Reproduction was the last chapter.

 

"Since we are going through puberty, both girls and boys feel quite shy and awkward when learning about sex education. No one wants to talk about it," she said.

 

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