Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Edukans has developed specific curricula for comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) which address children, adolescents, and young people in primary school, secondary education, and vocational training. The curricula contain lessons on individual growth, relationships, children’s rights, sexuality and love, prevention of HIV, STI’s and unintended pregnancy, and harmful traditional practices like early marriage. The curricula always conclude with a lesson that invites for informed decision making: ‘My future, dreams and plans’. To enhance the effect of CSE in schools, Edukans adds components of parenting and referral to youth friendly health services (YFHS), to increase the empowerment of young people to make healthy and informed decisions on their SRHR. The teacher training encompasses modules on gender responsive pedagogy, as to create a lesson environment in which girls have the same opportunities as boys. Our holistic STAR-school model assures a sustainable introduction and implementation of CSE in schools. This model guarantees a conducive environment where school management, parents and community are supportive and take responsibility for successful implementation of the programme, to obtain positive behaviour change among the youth.