Prosecution vs Defence
- The Adolescence Education Programme promotes sex
- It does not talk of sex alone
- Graphic illustrations of male and female anatomy unnecessary
- Teenagers need to know about their bodies
- Too much emphasis on sexual act
- The aim is to promote a healthy understanding between the sexes. AEP involves gender sensitisation.
- What does contraception have to do with adolescents?
- The AEP cautions students against unsafe sex at an early age
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"The national curriculum should focus on cultivating a properunderstanding of and attitude towards healthy sex-related issues with special focus onteenage pregnancies, drug addiction and adolescence education."
—Recommendations of the National Curriculum Framework 2000, announced during M.M.Joshi's tenure as Union HRD minister
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