Need of Sex Education in India

One of the much debated topics in India is 'Whether Sex Education is necessary in India?" The lack of awareness among the youngsters, particularly in the adolescent age group and their involvement in sex, rather in a primitive way is a worrying factor. They consider sex only as an act without any responsibility. It has spoiled many an individuals with early pregnancies, abortions, sexually transmitted diseases, aids, mental tensions, stress, torture, desertion from their families and loss of social respect etc. In the end, they miserably fail in their studies and become wayward in life.

One of the most acute problems that India facing or rather struggling with is the whopping number of AIDS patients.India has as many as 3,00,000 cases of patients suffering from 'AIDS' or tested positive for 'HIV'. Of them,considerable number of cases are in the age group of 20 to 30 years of age. This startling fact not only burdens us with the problem of redeeming them from the maladies of AIDS, but also entails us with additional problem of prevention of the dreaded disease from spreading to the other sections of the society. NALCO is doing yeoman's service in this regard.

Under the circumstances mentioned above, since prevention is better than cure, we have to launch our programs in the right direction, disseminating the knowledge about sex, the dreaded diseases like AIDS and their social impact etc. Another area that we need to concentrate is premarital sex .Though premarital sex is largely considered as a personal affair of the concerned individual, it is our duty to make them realize that premarital sex is not simply an act, but an act coupled with responsibility.

To drive home all the points mentioned above, it is necessary to introduce the sex education in India as early as possible, which is the second largest populous country in the world with a significant number of AIDS victims already.