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New education policy on sex education in schools: Inhibitions

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  • 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Government College of Education, Chandigarh, India

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Abstract

The inhibitions in talking about sexual energies to

adolescents and imparting sex education in schools are

like widening the dark zone of confusion and ignorance

among young minds. This is how the whole concept of

sex education is dealt by the educational system in India.

The New Education Policy (2020) seems to still be in its

inhibition zone since the stringent efforts needed to

impart “sex education” among adolescents in schools

failed to get any desired attention in the policy

framework. The present paper is an initiative from the

author to bring certain issues and concerns to the

teachers, administrators and policy makers in the

implementations and inclusion of “sex education

curriculum” with reference to New Education Policy.

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