Bishops asked to check
out sex educ modules
THE Department of Education (DepEd) yesterday said bishops and critics are welcome to visit schools where sex education will be pilot-tested so they can see for themselves modules to be used by teachers.
"Nakahanda po kaming samahan sila at pwede din po silang makipagtalakayan sa mga magulang at pamayanan dito," said Assistant Secretary Teresita Inciong.
Sex education will be pilot-tested in 80 elementary and 79 secondary schools nationwide this school year.
Inciong has invited the hierarchy of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines to a dialogue on June 17 about sex education in schools.
The CBCP has yet to accept the invitation.
The DepEd has said sex education will be integrated in Science, Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP), Health, Heograpiya, Kasaysayan at Sibika and Mathematics.
Under Science, topics on the reproductive system, parts of the body, reproductive cycle, and puberty are discussed.
EPP will integrate proper behavior among and between peers of different genders.
MAPEH (Music, Arts, PE and Health) will cover personal hygiene and reproductive health.
Sex education will also be taught in social studies topics under Heograpiya, Kasaysayan, at Sibika such as the position of religious groups on pre-marital sex and the norms when people of opposite sex interact.
In Mathematics, students will use data on issues like pre-marital sex, teen age pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections in their mathematical analysis and exercises in Statistics. – Ashzel Hachero
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