Perception of Secondary School Students on Factors Militating against the Teaching of Sex Education in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria
Grace Igaba Onongha

Abstract
The study investigated the perception of secondary school students on factors militating against the teaching of sex education in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. Participants were three hundred secondary school students. A valid and reliable instrument was used to measure students’ perception of the factors militating against the teaching of sex education. ANOVA and t-test were used as statistical tools. The study identified parental apathetic behavior, wrong conception of child bearing and shyness among adult family members as factors militating against the teaching of sex education in secondary school. Results further showed no significant religious (t= 0.025, P>0.05) and gender (t= 1.432, P>0.05) differences in students’ perception of the factors militating against the teaching of sex education in secondary school. The insignificant differences observed between religion and gender implied that both entities held similar viewpoints on the issue of sex education. Based on the findings, it was preferred that parents, teachers and students should be aware of the fact that sex education is a wide concept, which involves important aspects of the students’ life, and not about sex only, therefore should not be seen as taboo. Hence, should be included in the school curriculum

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