Secondary School Students Preferences for Instructional Strategies for Sex Education

Sex is a very sensitive topic and considered a taboo in the Nigerian society. Yet, value pertaining to discipline in sexual attitude among adolescent is gradually being eroded. There is a prevalence of illicit sex, homosexual behaviour and lesbianism, teenage pregnancy etc among our teenagers. These are pointers to the fact that there is need for emphasis on sexuality education. This study was conducted to find out the preference of secondary school students towards instructional and evaluation strategies of sex education. Using the multi- stage random sampling technique, 600 students between the ages of 13 to 18 years, were selected for the study. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistical techniques. The analysis and findings revealed that subjects (79.3%) would prefer the multidisciplinary approach involving various professionals to the single subject teacher approach. More than 70% of the students want multimodal approach to assessment.