SECTION4: ENIIANCEMENT OF SEXJALEDUCATION AND AIDS EDUCATION
2. Enhancement of Sexual Education
Sexual education in schools aims to improve students'understanding of scientific knowledge concerning sex,in accordance with their stage of development,alongside the moral guidance of respect for other human beings and promotion of the appropriate attitude toward the opposite sex and sexual acts.Sexual education is conducted tbrough the following curricula:Health and Physical Education,Home Economics and Industrial Arts,Moral Education and Special Activities.It is essential to pay attention to the following in the promotion of sexual education in school:1)that the instruction is in line with the students'stage of development,2)that the instruction is educationally valuable,and3)that the instruction is understood in the family and the community.In order to promote sexual education,it is necessary to enhance instruction materials and in-service training.Various measures are being taken,such as creating reference materials for teachers and having sexual education teacher training programs for teachers for health educators and nurse teachers.In addition,the July1998report of the Curriculum Council indicated the necessity to empbasize education on physical development in the subjects of Physical Education(health fields)at elementary schools,and Health and Physical Education(health-related areas)at lower secondary schools.Accordingly,MESSC will enhance sexual education by revising its Courses of Study.