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Gauging public opinion: Rajya Sabha MPs Thanga Tamil Selvan, Venkaiah Naidu, Maya Singh and Nandi Yellaiah address the media after an interaction with parents, teachers, NGOs and representatives of various religious groups at P.S. Senior Secondary School in Chennai on Tuesday. CHENNAI: A nationwide, enlightened debate should be held on the subject of sex education for schoolchildren, M. Venkaiah Naidu, who headed the Rajya Sabha Committee of Petitions team to Chennai, said on Tuesday. Mr. Naidu said the committee had received petitions on introduction of sex education in the CBSE syllabus and was in the process of gauging public opinion. Eleven States had rejected the Adolescence Education Programme. Speaking to reporters after an interaction with students, teachers, parents and heads of religious organisations at P.S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, Mr. Naidu said the committee was charged with the task of studying the issue and making recommendations to the Centre. The team first visited the Corporation School at Saidapet where the sex education programme is being implemented. The second stop was at P.S. Senior Secondary School, where a public hearing was organised. The team members heard the opinion of people from a cross-section of society, including teachers, parents, religious groups, government employees and heads of educational institutions. Mixed reactionMr. Naidu said they had received mixed reaction. Opinion was divided on whether sex education should be introduced at all, at what age it should be introduced, availability of information on the Internet and the demands of the changing environment for children. The main argument of those favouring sex education was that it would provide responsible guidance to children in the adolescent phase. It was suggested that it could be rechristened health education and discussions held on when it should begin and how to provide more information as the child grows. Children get a lot of misleading information from the media but have no means of ascertaining the truth. The school sex education class could sort these issues out, especially in an age where parents are unable to spend time with the children. Those opposing sex education said it was against Indian culture and values. If children had doubts, they could clarify them with their parents. Later, Mr. Naidu and his team met officials, including Chief Secretary L.K. Tripathy, who made a presentation on the State’s implementation of its own sex education model in schools. Mr. Naidu invited members of the public who held an opinion on the issue to write to the Petitions Committee, Rajya Sabha, Parliament, New Delhi, within 15 days.
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