NCERT to remove objectionable portions on sex-education

New Delhi: Bowing to pressure, the NCERT is all set to roll out a watered down syllabus on sex education shifting focus from use of condoms to abstinence while informing children about AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases. The new revised module arrived at during a meeting of education representatives from 20 states and AIDS control societies proposes to remove \"objectionable\" skill development programmes like group activity on human anatomy and graphic pictures showing human physiology, sources in the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) said to a news agency. \"Basically all controversial material including objectionable words and pictures would be removed,\" they said, adding focus is on a syllabus which is acceptable in rural areas. It can be safely said that \"the focus in this syllabus changes from use of condoms to abstinence,\" the sources said. The syllabus would be framed in a more \"appropriate\" manner. The policy would also be flexible and states can also affect changes according to local needs. \"In fact in the revised module, Jharkhand and Bihar have prepared syllabus closest to the earlier ones,\" the sources said. The new syllabus would be finalised by the end of October after the states hold extensive consultations with teachers, NGOs and other stakeholders. If the stakeholders make any valid points, they would also be incorporated by the respective states. States like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat had raised objections to the content of the earlier syllabus.

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