The inclusion of sex education in school's curriculum will contribute to greater gender sensitisation and may help in curbing cases of sexual crimes against minors in the country, according to experts.
Various academics and child rights' activists have been pitching for bringing sex education in schools in the backdrop of several cases of sexual offences being reported against children and minors from parts of the country.
Puja Marwah, CEO of Child Rights and You (CRY), said "Knowledge of sexual abuse helps the child, not only to identify the crime against them, but also to be able to report it and not think that they are at fault."
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) member (education), Priyank Kanoongo, said, "Instruction on sexual science in the educational system for adolescents is an important matter."