Students' opinion on sexuality education in schools and appropriateness of different approaches

Abstract

With the ever increasing pregnancy rate of students, people have begun to doubt the effectiveness of the sexuality education in Hong Kong. Some argued that a more comprehensive approach should be adopted while others argue that the more traditional approach is better. However, the voices of students are almost neglected. The aim of this study is to fill this gap and illuminates students’ views on sexuality education in schools and appropriateness of different approaches. In general, students welcome sexuality education as they agree that there is a need for such education; however, there is a big gap between what students want to learn and what the schools are actually teaching... In this research, I would also argue how this gap might be a major obstacle in the implementation of sex education in Hong Kong.