Educations' Role

Assalamualaikum,

I appreciate your negative and positive view about my point, Kak Yati. Actually , peer groups roles are related with my first point-Parents’ Role. Parents that play their role can produce a good teenager. A good teenager can be a good friend so that , teenager pregnancy will be reduced. To find a good friend is quite difficult but we have to accept that friends will be influence much in our lifestyle. Whatever it is , we know that peer groups’ role can solve teenager pregnancy problems.

Thank you to Raidah to share your opinion about causes of teenage pregnancy. But, in my point of view, prostitution is one of the causes teenagers’ pregnancy problem in Malaysia. It can contribute to another problem such as abortion, neglected children and abandoned children. To solve the teenage pregnancy problems, we must find solution for the problem in our society like prostitution.

Educations’ Role

My next point in solving this problem is educations’ role. The subject of sex education remains a divisive one. On one side are those who argue that Malaysian should learn to accept adolescent sexuality and make guidance and birth control more easily available. The sex education must care about society sensitivity. On the other side are those who contend that sex education is up to the parents , not the state and that teaching children about birth control is equal to condoning prosmiscuity, or violating family religious beliefs and values.

Sex education in Pendidikan Jasmani dan Kesihatan (PJK) is the best solution. Sex education should be taught in schools. The courses should include information about contraception. Only a handful of states require or even encourage sex education, and fewer still encourage teaching about birth control or abortion. Malaysia state leave the question of sex education up to the Ministry of Education.

Local school boards can answer the question of sex education. They must provide such instruction . School counselors can be as sources of sex information. Teenager must been given advice about sex. That is because teenager can’t talk about sexuality to their parents. Parents are extremely uncomfortable doing so.
Organizations , including schools and others agencies like NGO must serve young people with sex education. Offer programs designed to help parents and school teach their children about sexuality. NGO such as PUSAT KEBAHAGIAAN WANITA DAN REMAJA (KEWAJA) is one example that instruct women and teenager who need a help. In fact , the knowledge about sexuality hopefully can prevent the pregnancy among the teenager.

Most would agree that sex education should start early , before a child sexuality becomes an issue. Although we have most of knowledge and resources needed to solve the problem of teenage pregnancy, we have failed to do so , but we have to do.
That all for now. Hope we can discuss this issue later.