PERCEPTION OF THE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT TEACHING OF SEX EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE
PERCEPTION OF THE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT TEACHING OF SEX EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE
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2011
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OMO, BALOGUN MABEL
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Adequate knowledge of adolescents about sexual issue will determine their
behaviour concerning relationships, indadequate knowledge and misconception of
sexuality has been responsible for their risky sexual behaviours. To this end, the
researcher investigate on the perception of Senior Secondary School Students on
teaching of sex education in Secondary Schools in Kaduan State. To achieve this
purpose ex-post facto research design was used. The instrument used for data
collection was questionnaire using Likert rating scale. The questionnaire contained
(6) sections. Section A contained six (6) statements on personal data of the
respondents. Section B contains item related to the teaching of sex education in
secondary schools. Section C contains 6 items on students religious and cultural
belief in the teaching of sex education, Section D contains 6 statements on
perception of students about the contribution of sex education in the enhancement
of reproductive health knowledge and Section E contains the 6 items on inclusion
of sex education to the secondary school curriculum. The questionnaire thus
developed was administered to a total of (500) student from six Local Government
Areas which was randomly selected from the three Senatorial Zones in Kaduna
State. The data thus collected was statistically analyzed at Institute of Agricultural
Research. t- test was used to determine the extent of teaching sex education in
secondary schools in Kaduna State. Each hypothesis was tested at an Alpha level
of 0.05. The result of the study revealed that sex education is not taught as a
subject of its own in Kaduna State Secondary Schools. The study also showed that
the male and female students want sex education to be included into the secondary
schools curriculum.
Based on the findings in this study, the researcher recommended that sex education
should be made compulsory from junior secondary school up to tertiary level of
Nigerian educational system.
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PERCEPTION, SENIOR, SECONDARY, SCHOOL, STUDENTS, TEACHING, SEX, EDUCATION, KADUNA STATE