SEX EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA

SEX EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA

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August 10, 2022

In an about-turn, teachers of Malaysia are now prepared to teach sex education in schools provided they are first trained properly. National Union of the Teaching Profession which was earlier not comfortable with the idea has now given their consent to go ahead. Its secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng said the new decision was reached at a recent three-day delegates conference. She added that teachers believed sex education should begin at early secondary education; and the educationists should be given comprehensive training first. However, she informed that teachers were concerned that they would become open targets for litigation from parents if they made mistakes when imparting such knowledge to students.