Putting an end to the controversy over the issue of sex education, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj S Horatti on Thursday said it would not be introduced in the State. He also added that all objectionable materials distributed to teachers as part of  “adolescence education programme (AEP)” have been withdrawn forthwith.
Briefing reporters after a meeting with officials on the issue, Mr Horatti said ‘Life Skills Education’, which is being imparted under moral science, would be continued in all high schools  as “it aimed at teaching discipline and moral  issues which has to be taught to adolescents”, but the AEP will not be introduced.
He said that under the AEP, teachers were expected to exhibit charts containing parts of human body and internal organs, including genitals, which were not appropriate for high school students. “Many school managements have paid the penalty for violating the undertaking with respect to medium of instruction,” said the minister but refused to commit on their plea to extend the penalty deadline. He also said the government was contemplating a rule making it mandatory for private schools to allot 50 per cent of seats to students with less that 50 per cent marks to address the issue of non-admission to these wards.