In Chennai, there were 239 POCSO cases in 2020, 435 in 2021 and 49 until February 2022. In the wake of sexual abuse cases in educational institutions in Chennai, there have been discussions around introducing sex education in schools. “If a child is asked to hide sanitary pads, then it proves that there is no attempt to teach children about themselves in that school,” said Cauviya Madhiyazhagan, a psychologist in Kilpauk.Īre Chennai schools doing enough to equip students with knowledge on various topics covered in sex education?Ĭan creating a freer and more welcoming environment in schools to discuss topics that are otherwise viewed as taboo help students understand themselves better?Ĭan we avoid instances of harassment and abuse by arming students with the right information at an early age? Sex education in Chennai schools “They did not even teach the human reproduction chapter in biology,” she said. Keerthana finished Class 12 in 2020 from a school in Chrompet sans any kind of sex education. “Pads are not missiles to be afraid of!,” says Sharath Sathya, founder of Karpom Karpipom, an NGO working towards sex education in schools. This attitude is all too common among young people shielded from learning about themselves and their bodies.

If someone saw her with a pad, she feared being judged,” recalls 19-year-old Keerthana Srinivasan.

“In my class, if a girl got her periods, two other girls stood behind her as human shields, so that nobody would see her holding a sanitary pad in class.

Sex education session conducted in Holy Child School.

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