Chennai: Sex education in schools is turning out to be an tricky proposition in the southern states where different sections have taken cudgels against the Centre’s idea.

While it was the government in Karnataka and teachers in Kerala who opposed the proposal, in Tamil Nadu, one of the three states that consented to sex-ed, a parents’ body has vowed to defeat the “mindless move”.

Parents’ Federation (PF) on Tuesday submitted a petition signed by about 1,000 parents to the parliamentary committee on petitions at a public hearing in Chennai. Their concern: Sex-ed will corrupt the child’s mind and is against Tamil culture. Committee chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the proposal has been opposed so far by 11 states and accepted by only three.

“The proposal to give sex education from Class III is ridiculous. Do the teachers know the implications of telling a seven-year-old about his/her private parts? This is going to erode our traditional values and morality and we parents cannot just allow that,” says PF coordinator K Ganesan.

“Sex-ed is against Tamil culture, which has its own ways involving parents to subtly educate adolescents. We cannot trust teachers on this,” says V Subramanyam, another office bearer and a father of two girls aged 16 and 12 years.

Source : DNAIndia