She said:"For Aware, the survey drove home our belief in the need for responsible, open conversation about sex in Singapore."
MOE's director of the guidance branch at the student development curriculum division, Madam Choy Wai Yin, told TNP that in primary schools, pupils are guided on how to manage the various changes they may experience growing up. She said:"At the secondary school, junior college and Millennia Institute levels, there is greater focus on teaching students how to build healthy relationships based on love and respect, and how to protect themselves physically and psychologically.Dr Grace Huang, a resident doctor at DTAP Clinic at Robertson Walk, told TNP the clinic sees many patients with limited sexual health knowledge.
She said:"Studies have shown that a comprehensive sexuality education has led to delayed first sexual encounters, more consistent condom usage and fewer sexual partners."