Should sex education be implemented in our education syllabus as a compulsory subject?
In my opinion, sex education should not be in syllabus especially in Malaysia. As we may know, sex is more like a taboo to the three main races in Malaysia. People in our country not only cannot teach anything about it but also speak about it in public. I agree that sex education is necessary, but everyone gets knowledge about it in a particular age. Providing sex education in school is nothing but just spoiling the whole environment. After all, this education does not support our culture. It also difficult to make it suitable to all religion in Malaysia. Maybe certain religion accept it, maybe some are not. In Malaysia, especially in East culture, sex is a sensitive issue to talk about. Other problem that may arise is, how many teachers who are willing to teach sex and if there is a teacher who can teach about it, in what way the teacher will teach it? Theoretically or practically? In this situation, theoretical way usually is not very effective because the lesson will only tell the student to imagine it. Usually when the lesson is part of our life, practical is needed to train the student to understand and use in the future. It is hard to think when sex being taught in practical way. Kids never think of the negative things and the impacts of those. Sex is something which is pure and very necessary thing in life. There is no doubt about it. But it does not mean that it has to be taught in school.
