‘Urgent need for sex education’


Birds and bees: Students listening to a talk by Thanam during the Sexual Encounter Seminar at Hospital Permai in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: Most students in Malaysia are sexually active by the time they are 13, and a psychologist is counselling an average of one pregnancy case every two months.

Psychologist Engelina Daniel said incorporating sex education into the school syllabus would deter student from being involved in sexual activities and should not be delayed further.

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