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that they knew what reproductive and sexual health was. A small percentage
from the student FGs (2%) did not answer the question. Additionally, a huge
difference was observed between the number of male and female students
who knew the meaning of both these terms and the percentage of males who
knew the meaning of both the terms was comparatively much higher than the
percentage of females.
9.2.3 Subject Streams
Out of the 402 students who participated in the FGDs, 159 students were from
the Science stream, 188 were from the Business stream, 29 students were
from the Arts stream and 11 children were from the Education and Training
Centre for Children (ETCC)43. A total of 15 students did not specify which
stream they belonged to. The number of students who stated they did not
know what Reproductive and Sexual health was, remained high in all the
streams. However, there was a comparable difference in knowledge of SRH
among the students from the different streams.
Tables below show the knowledge of reproductive and sexual health of the
students by their streams. The figures are represented with the exclusion of
the 11 children from ETCC44 and the 15 students who did not specify their
stream.
43
Education and Training Centre for Children (ETCC) is an education and vocational training centre for boys aged 9 to
18 run by the Ministry of Education (until 2013) on the island of Maafushi. Parents who were not in the position to
take care of their sons, collaborated with the Ministry of Gender and Maldives Police Services to send their sons to
the Centre. The Centre was run by Juvenile Justice until 2016.
44
Children at ETCC do not study subjects based on any specific stream. Their syllabus is mostly based on vocational
training.
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