Comprehensive sexuality education lays the foundation for a healthy and happy life. It involves awareness of gender, puberty, consent, relationships, and sexual and reproductive health for all young people. With the goal of educating our students about the various aspects of sexuality, with inputs from Pratisandhi, Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar organized two sessions on Sexuality Education each for the students of Class VI and Class VIII over the last week of August and early September.
The first session focused more on the physical and physiological changes due to puberty – highlighting key processes like menstruation and hair growth as well as good hygiene practices. Many of these changes were discussed in great detail in the individual sessions for girls and boys. The second session was oriented towards the psycho-social-emotional changes that are brought on due to the raging hormones. Concepts like peer pressure, consent, attraction were discussed at length and techniques to manage these were introduced. Each session ended with a Q&A round to satiate the curiosity of these young and impressionable minds.
