Sex education safer than ignorance

If the latest report from the Centre for the Study of Adolescence is to be believed, the first sexual experience for the average teenager is not only coming earlier, but also with greater dangers. Sexual debut is at an "all time high", with four of ten girls and five of ten boys aged between 15 and 19 having had sex.

This means despite efforts by Government and others to create awareness about HIV, Aids, STIs and other dangers that might encourage delaying sexual experimentation, young people are still risking their lives ‘doing it’.