Sex Education in Asia

There are some countries in Asia that are a bit new to this concept and are not so open to its acceptance and there exists an internal struggle to propagate it. But in most countries like Japan, sex education is very much recognized and is even made a mandatory course for children from the ages of ten or eleven but it mainly covers biological topics like as menstruation and ejaculation. In China, sex education is also taught but is strictly based on learning materials like biology textbooks, which tackles the reproduction system. But eventually, China took the initiative to broaden the topic to include human relationships, pregnancy and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases especially HIV and AIDS. In Indonesia, Mongolia, South Korea and Sri Lanka, they have a systematic policy framework for teaching sex education in their schools.

Chinese sex education

In the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, sex education is not that popular in schools and are probably restricted to biological subject on reproduction like China did before. But outside schools, these countries do cater to adolescent reproductive health needs and have seminars and materials to educate the public about family planning, contraceptives and sex related illnesses. While Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan do not have a coordinated sex education program. India on the other hand is the country that heavily opposes this as the claim it is against their culture and only mislead their children.