Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2016
female students stated that they knew about reproductive health. Whereas,
69% of the males and 84% of the females stated that they did not know. 2%
of the female student did not respond to the question. The following table is
a numerical representation of the number of participants who responded to
the question.
Table 5: Knowledge of Reproductive Health among Students.
Gender
Male
Female
Total
Know
62
28
90
Don’t Know
137
170
307
N.A
0
5
5
Total
199
203
402
When asked if they knew what sexual health was, 26% out of the male student
participants and 17% of the female student participants stated that they knew
what sexual health is. 73% of the male participants and 81% of the female
participants stated that they did not know what it was. 1% of the male and 2%
of the female students did not respond to the question. The following table is
a numerical representation of the number of participants who responded to
the question.
Table 6: Knowledge of Sexual Health among Students.
Gender
Male
Female
Total
Know
52
34
86
Don’t Know
145
165
310
N.A
2
4
6
Total
199
203
402
Among all the groups observed for this study, it was seen that students
remained the most unaware of either sexual health or reproductive health. A
majority (77%) of the students who participated stated that they did not know
the meaning of either of these terms. Less than one third (21%) responded
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ANALYSIS OF FGDS