1. Introduction One of the much-debated topics today is whether sex education is necessary? Considering the lack of a responsible approach towards sex among the youngsters, problems like, early pregnancies, abortions, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, mental tensions, stress, torture, desertion from their families, loss of social respect and in the end becoming a wayward in life, are on an increase. According to a study by Bay-Cheng & Laina (2003), in USA alone over half a million teenage girls become pregnant every year out of which 78% of the pregnancies are unplanned.
One in four sexually experienced teens acquires a sexually transmitted infection (STI) every year; and Chlamydia and gonorrhea are more common among teens than adult men and women. Do they need to know how to prevent all these? It is widely believed that providing teenagers with information about pregnancy, birth…
