Karnataka says ‘no’ to Sex Education

Karnataka says ‘no’ to Sex Education

Shimoga: Despite pressure from the Centre, the Karnataka Government has decided no to introduce sex education in elementary and secondary schools, Higher Education Minister D.H. Shankaramurthy said here on Sunday.

Addressing a press conference, he said this decision had been taken after the issue was discussed with Chief Minister H.D. Kumarasamy.

“The contents of the sex education book, issued by Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, had some portions which were vulgar. These pages cannot be opened in front of anybody,” he said.

Indian tradition had given enough importance to sex in social life and also its own parameters. Though, the Centre’s concerns were understandable, it better leave the matter to state governments as they were vested with the discretionary powers to choose school curriculum.

The minister said the State Government decided to open 104 government first grade colleges in 66 taluk centres, where government colleges did not exist. In these places, private colleges were found collecting higher fee from the students.

A sum of Rs.1 crore has been allocated for each college to develop infrastructure and Rs.15 lakh each had already been released.

All colleges will start functioning from coming academic year. We are considering opening another 20 days. “Donors are welcome to contribute minimum four acre of land to set up the colleges”, the minister added.

Karnataka says ‘no’ to Sex Education

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