Minors, who are public secondary school students in Ondo State, have urged the Federal Government to include Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in the school curriculum across the country.
The students stated this at a stakeholder’s dialogue/photo exhibition of the Not Too Young To Know project organised by a non-government organisation (NGO), Kids&Teens Resource Centre in Akure. Other stakeholders at the event were traditional leaders, enforcement agencies, media, health workers, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).
The project involved students of Oyemekun Grammar School, Fiwasaye Girls Grammar School, St. Louis Secondary School and Aquinas College, all in Akure, as participants to share their stories and experiences through photo-voice.
According to the organisers, the task is an advocacy project for SCE for very young adolescent girls and boys between the ages of 10-14.
Executive Director of Kids&Teens, Mrs. Folashade Bamigboye, lamented that past interventions aimed at improving adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) were focused mainly on older adolescents of ages 15 to 19 years.
“The Not Too Young to Know Advocacy project aims to build the capacity of every young adolescent girl and boy aged 10 to 14 years to use photography and digital storytelling to develop advocacy messages.
