The Ministry of Education (MOE) has drafted a revised Sexuality Education Programme (SEP) to boost emphasis on abstinence over contraception, reported The New Paper (TNP).
The new programme, Breaking Down Bridges (BDB), will be taught to Secondary 3, first-year junior college and centralised institute students, said the paper.
TNP also reported that the old programme faced some criticism from some Catholics due to the emphasis on using contraception, and the lack of awareness given to abstaining from sex. While it understands from MOE that the new programme will be ready in 2012, no details have yet been confirmed.
An MOE spokesperson told TNP that the revamp is part of its "periodic review" of the SEP curriculum to "ensure that it is updated and relevant" to students.
Parents of students in Catholic schools in Singapore welcomed the change to the programme.
Yahoo! Singapore spoke to Marilyn Koh, 47, a Catholic whose son attends a Catholic school, "I'm really looking forward to MOE changing their focus on the SEP. I was not very comfortable with the previous curriculum as it was not catered to Catholic teachings."
Francis Chan, who also has a son in a Catholic school, agreed with the change, "It's a lot more appropriate for Catholic schools to be teaching the children to abstain from sex, instead of promoting contraception. I'm perfectly fine with the current programme running in a secular school, but Catholic schools should be imparting Catholic values, right?"
most probably the abortion rate will go up.
HPB is on the right track to teach contraception.
instead of abstinence.
abstinence will not help as the teenagers will ignore the message.
catholics are worsening the problem.
This is a sensitive and complicated issue.
Want go according to bible is abstain from premarital sex. Like that no worry about contraception.
The message should be " If you cannot tahan, use condom."
The message all this while is "Use condoms." Which is promoting sexual intercourse.
catholic?as in protestant and ther feuding party??thought only white folks make noise end up these fake ang mos also need to make noise!!!:)
Originally posted by kuji-in:Yahoo! Singapore spoke to Marilyn Koh, 47, a Catholic whose son attends a Catholic school
If she trained her children in traditional chinese family values, there won't be such problems.
Got any confucian schools?
Originally posted by mancha:The message should be " If you cannot tahan, use condom."
The message all this while is "Use condoms." Which is promoting sexual intercourse.
I heard people teach self control.
who bothers? lol
Originally posted by Dalforce 1941:If she trained her children in traditional chinese family values, there won't be such problems.
Got any confucian schools?
Abstinence ???!!!....................LOL
when priests all over the world are raping and molesting young girls and........boys !.....................also nuns !
Originally posted by Falseislam:
Confucianism is bullshit! It is a false religion based on self-righteousness in fact all false religions are self-righteous including Catholicism.
Confucianism is not a religion lah...........bro...............
Originally posted by Susanteo2011:
Abstinence ???!!!....................LOL
when priests all over the world are raping and molesting young girls and........boys !.....................also nuns !
rape, molest seems to you all you care about. still not getting laid?