The Education Ministry has stressed that it does abstinence as preventive measures in the curriculum that teaches reproductive health.

This is after the Health Ministry called on the Education Ministry to take sex education and HIV AIDS awareness programs to younger children, as it is important that the young receive the warning as early as possible, after revelation that 21 new cases of HIV were recorded for the month of June this year.

Education Minister Filipe Bole said in support, the ministry has programmes such as family life and religious lessons that promotes the development of character and values, moral values, decision making, critical thinking where it is hoped that this results in moral behaviors in children.

Bole added the current syllabus on Sex Education in schools covers HIV Awareness in the class seven Science, class eight Health Science, form four Basic Science, Family Life and biology in form five.

However, Bole said the Ministry of Education is trying to teach reproductive Health at a much lower level as the current review of the primary syllabus, reproductive health is going to be introduced from Class 3.


Story by: Sofaia Koroitanoa