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PUBLIC URGED TO DISCARD MISCONCEPTION ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION




KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The community needs to discard their
negative perception towards Reproductive, Social and Health Education (PKRS) as
being a subject that teaches teenagers on how to perform sex.

National Population and Family Development Board Malaysia (LPPKN)
director-general Aminah Abdul Rahman said the misconception caused concern
among various quarters that the subject would encourage free sex among
teenagers.

"PKRS is comprehensive education with knowledge on the biological,
socio-cultural, emotional maturity, mental maturity and spiritual aspects
compared to sex education, which is more focused on the biological aspect," she
told reporters after a briefing on the LPPKN PKRS Action Plan, here Friday.

Aminah said the LPPKN had taken initiatives to increase public awareness on
the importance of the subject by carrying out the National PKRS Action Plan.

The action plan was a follow-up measure by the LPPKN after the cabinet
approved the PKRS policy last November, she said.

"We carried out a pilot project last year in five schools in the Federal
Territory, Selangor, Penang, Kelantan and Pahang focusing on students.

"This year we are carrying out the same project but targeting the parents
and students," she said.

She said the LPPKN had planned several programmes under the United Nations
Population Fund (UNPF), kafe@Teen programme and the Home Economics module to
reduce sensitivity and misconceptions among the community towards the subject.

Aminah said with frequent reports on baby dumping and free sex among
teenagers in the media, PKRS needs to be applied to teenagers as well as their
parents.

She added that the board targets 100,000 family members who will be more
aware and responsive towards PKRS by year-end.
-- BERNAMA


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