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
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