Sex Education in Nigerian Schools: A Cultural Clash or a National Responsibility? (By Fatima Adamu)

This is a very important issue to be addressed

Sex education is a very congent issue which needs to be addressed in early child socialization. Parents prefer to shun the issue because of cultural values. But the reality is that the lackadaisical attitude of parents towards such important topic exposes the children to danger of sexual misinformation. That is why you find a lot of juveniles getting pregnant, contacting STDs and STIs at early stage of their life. Fatima i hope your write up goes viral so parents can see how imparative such topic is. Thank you for your contributions to knowledge.

Nigerian parents don’t talk about sex! Nigerian reality, teen pregnancies, STDs, abuse..If we keep acting like 'what we don’t say can’t hurt us' we’ll keep raising confused adults. Teach them the truth, or TikTok will.

The issue is usually not what should be taught, but who teaches it. Sometimes those who expose the children to sex education are usually too explicit. It’s only when you go into explicit details that it incites curiosity. Teach them only what is important as regards the education and everything that doesn’t concern their immediate needs should not be taught.

This is a sensitive issue that has not gotten as much traction as it should. Nice one.

I think this is a topic that should be addressed in schools as well... Isn't it said that it takes a community to raise a child? Why then should we leave it to the parents only?

Sex education will help reduce the number of sexually abused children (boys and girls) as most of them are scared to speak up, being that it is a topic seen as absurd to the ears for children to be talking about

Sex education is important and should be included in the curriculum. However most important, I would like to think, is a conference of stakeholders (Government, Parents, Teachers, Religious leaders, Community leaders and the students themselves) on what that content should entail. The world has changed and 'westernization' is hardly a problem anymore. We have with us a generation that aren't afraid to question belief and speak their minds, thus this conversation is no more any'one' responsibility but every'one', and unfortunately not for the obvious reasons like pregnancy, STIs/STDs, Stigma. We need to start with admitting the truth. SEX (in itself) IS NOT A BAD THING. It is the 'WHEN', 'WHERE', 'HOW' & 'WHO' that needs to be addressed

Sex education is a must, but must adapt to cultural perspectives. For example, in many western countries they teach things that are alien to us which should not really be encouraged in my opinion.