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Sex education
Following is a question by the Hon Eric Li Ka-cheung and a written reply by the acting Secretary for Education and Manpower, Miss Jacqueline Willis, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It has been pointed out in a number of surveys in recent years that young persons have gradually adopted an open attitude towards sex, and yet their sexual knowledge is relatively limited. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
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of the respective numbers of serving and pre- service teachers who have received training in sex education, together with the number of schools which have borrowed teaching materials related to sex education in the past three years;
whether the Education Department has completed its survey, which started last year, on the knowledge and attitude of secondary school students on sex and sex education; if so, what the findings are;
when a review will be conducted of the effectiveness of the "Guidelines on Sex Education in Secondary Schools" published in 1986, which is still in current use, in promoting the mode and curricula of sex education; and whether other professionals and members of the public will be invited to participate in such a review; and
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whether consideration will be given to drawing up new sex education curricula for primary one to primary six, form one to form three, form four to form five and matriculation classes, which are more specific than the general guidelines and which will enable teachers to be more effective in teaching sex education?