Sexuality education oughtto be a fundamental component of
the educational process from early childhood through
adulthood and its ongoing li
felong learning process. The
perception and acceptance ofsexuality education and sexual
roles are slowly shi
fting in a favourable direction. A cross
sectional descriptive study designwas carried outwith a total
of 400 secondary school students drawn from the target
population for the study. The respondents were selected by
Simple random sampling technique was used to select 400
studentsf
romthosewhowereavailableatthetimeofthestudy.
Questionnaires were distributed during morning assembly to
the respondents. Same was collected at break time same day
from those who were available at the time of the study. The
questionnaire is divided into four sections viz; demographic
data, respondent information on the awareness and
acceptance of sexuality education among secondary school
students; Datawas analyzed using SPSS (Version 22.00) and
presented in frequency distribution tables and percentage.
This study indicated that the level of awareness of sexuality
education among selected Secondary Students in Usiefrun
Community is very high (70%) and the sources of awareness
are Social Medial (63.8%), school (75.5%), friends (62.5%}
and religious organizations (70%). Further result revealed
thatlevelofacceptanceofsexuality educationamongselected
Secondary StudentsinUsiefrunCommunity islow(40%) and
the factors militating against sexuality education include the
way they think and their body image (72.5%),theirlooks and
behaviorwithwhattheirculturedictateswithrespecttoheight,
weight, hairstyle and skin tone (62.5%), poorsocioeconomic
background(66%)andlackofsexuality information(97.5%).
Conclusively, Adolescentsreceive sexuality education, which
isinformation designed to assistthem in making sensible and
responsible choices regarding their sexual behaviour.
Effective sex education gives people the chance to gain
knowledge, personal insight, motivation, and behavioural
skills that are congruent with their personal values and
choices.
- ADEBAMIKE | ADENIKE | AYANYINKA | aaaynyinka@lautech.edu.ng | 08034624645, YETUNDE | OMOLOLA | OYEDEJI | yetundeolaniyan@gmail.com, | 08061219991, OYEBAMIJI | RACHEL | TOYIN | rtoyebamiji@lautech.edu.ng, | 08039092019
- Sexuality Education; Awareness; Acceptance, Secondary Schools Students
- AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE OF SEXUALITY EDUCATION AMONG SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN USIEFRUN DELTA STATE_compressed (1)
