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Knowledge Of Sex Education Among Adolescents In Secondary Schools
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The
advancement witness in the world today in education, technology,
communication, agriculture, population growth as well as in urbanization
cannot be all round blessings as it has its own disadvantages. This
confirms the popular saying that ‘‘whatever has an advantage has a
disadvantage.’’ Such trend of advancement in areas like technology,
transportation, trade, labour and capital mobility, global media and
financial system among others according to Tejvan (2013) are factors
which have caused globalization.
One dimension of globalization
argued by Steger (2009) is cultural globalization which according to
Wikipedia refers to the transmission of ideas, meanings and values
around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social
relations. In other words, cultural globalization brings about cultural
integration and interdependence which implies that no nation can be
indifferent to any other. For us here in Nigeria this is crystal clear
as it can be seen in our dressing, greeting, language as well as its
negative effects such as decline in religious scruples and the
deterioration of moral standards which has led to a state that can best
be describe as cultural disintegration.
Few decades ago, virginity of
a girl until she is married was rewarded and various taboos were
created around premarital sex. This trend has gradually changed as the
incidence of adolescents and youth engaging in sexual intercourse is
high and may constitute a problem (Isiugo-Abanihe, 1993). This behaviour
as opined by Isiugo-Abanihe (1993) is prevalent among students of
secondary schools and higher institutions of learning in Nigeria and may
be due to various customs and observances as well as other factors such
as family background, peer pressure, media influences, globalization,
economic situations and education background of parents
(Akinleye&Oniogade,1998). This is not to say that our culture before
the globalization movement was without shortcomings.
Traditionally,
adolescents in most of our culture were not given any information on
sexual matters, with discussion of such issues being considered as
taboo. Such instructions as were given were traditionally left to a
child’s parents and often this was put aside until just before a child’s
marriage. Most of the information adolescents have on sexual matters
were obtained informally due to the above scenario from friends and
media much of which are highly deficient especially during the period
following puberty when curiosity of sexual matter is most acute. This
curiosity becomes increasingly evident by the increasing incidence of
teenage pregnancy, abortion and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
among adolescents and youth. School desertion is one consequence of
teenage pregnancy which according to Montenegro (2000) jeopardizes the
education and training of the teenager which in turn perpetuates the
cycle of poverty. This is perhaps why Lingram (2003) noted that
adolescents are considered to be in a state of crisis.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study investigated the level of knowledge of sex education among in-school adolescents in Benin City looking at the influences which gender, class level and school-type whether single sex school or mixed sex school has on the level of knowledge of sex education. Cross sectional survey research design was adopted to study 120 students who were selected to represent the population which comprise all in- school adolescents in Benin City. A self-developed questionnaire was used to collect data f ... Continue reading---
