With teenage pregnancy rates remaining high in Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean, the teaching of sex education in schools can help young people avoid having babies at such an early age.
So said Sir George Alleyne, Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, who once headed the Pan American Health Organization, the Western Hemisphere’s premier health body.
“I have felt and I became much more conscious of this when I was the United Nations special envoy for HIV, that we fool ourselves if we do not think that young people acquire information about sex and sexual practices very early on outside of the classroom,” Sir George told the Daily Nation in New York.
“To the extent that we can convey the appropriate information within the classroom is a positive. I am sure that some of that information would correct some of the misinformation they receive from unreliable sources, including uninformed peers. I am a strong believer in sex education in schools.”
