Teachers And Students Attitudes Towards Teaching Of Sex Education In Secondary Schools

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Sex education has been viewed by different researchers, teachers and the students as it has generated some social predicaments such as illegal abortion, unintended pregnancies which most of the time results to untimely death, spreading of some sexual diseases (such as gonorrhea, staphylococcus, and HIV/AIDS ) and high rate of bastard in the society. Also it can create some social misconduct such as masturbation, pedophilia, voyeurism, bestiality.

To summarize it, these problems have created great dangers to individuals and society at large, the above problems mentioned and others are very worrisome to the researchers who belief   that proper teaching of sex education in schools will go a long way in solving these problems.

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

Specifically the study attempted to find out the followings:

1. If Secondary schools teach sex education in Enugu State.

2. Students’ attitude towards the teaching and learning of sex education in secondary schools.

3. Teachers attitude towards the teaching and learning of sex education in secondary schools.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. Are senior secondary school students in Enugu state taught sex education.

2. What are Students’ attitude towards the teaching and learning of sex education in secondary schools in Enugu State?

3. What are Teachers attitude towards the teaching and learning of sex education in secondary schools in Enugu State?

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The importance of this study cannot be overemphasized. It is expected that the findings will enable curriculum planners to restructure sex education in the school curriculum. The result of this research would serve as a base for the general public to access the values of sex education in secondary school system. This would hopefully contribute to the gradual eradication of some social problems such as abortion, unintended pregnancies, and contraction of sexual transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and high rate of bastard. This study will enable the teachers to devote time and interest towards the teaching of sex education in secondary school so to create impact in their lives and also make the study interesting to them. This study will improve the student’s knowledge on sex, its negative out come and risk. Most importantly it will serve as a resourceful material for future researchers.

1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

The scope this study covers the investigation of teacher’s attitudes towards the teaching of sex education in secondary school in Enugu education zone, investigation of student attitudes towards the teaching and learning of sex education in secondary school in Enugu education zone.

This work is limited by the fact that issues of sex are considered confidential by most people, so many were not ready to discuss such issues in the public, some sees the discussion pertaining to sex as immoral. Thus they could not have expressed their true feelings about the variable of investigation. To reduce this effect, the researcher explained to the respondents what the study is all about and solicits for their honest opinion and assured them that their responses would be treated as confidential.

1.7 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following terms used in this work are defined to avoid in consistency in their operational sense.

PERCEPTION: The way an individual sees and believes something.

REPRODUCTIVE: A process of producing young ones

ADOLESCENT: A young person who is developing from childhood to adulthood between the ages of 13 to 20.

MISCONCEPTION: An idea which is wrong or untrue but which people believe because they do not understand it properly.

SEXUALITY: The feelings and activities connected with a person's sexual desires.

ABORTION: The deliberate ending of a pregnancy at an early stage.

CONTRACEPTION: The practice of preventing a woman from becoming pregnant.

INFERTILITY: Inability of an individual to produce children.

TEENAGER: A young person between ages of 13 to 19 years old

1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows: Chapter one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (overview, of the study), statement of problem, objectives of the study, research question, significance or the study, research methodology, definition of terms and historical background of the study. Chapter two highlight the theoretical framework on which the study its based, thus the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding.  Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study.