New education policy on sex education in schools: Inhibitions

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.