Sex Education and Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy

Two hot topics that concern always and everywhere, whether we want to accept it or not, school environments and societies around the world. But, let's focus on our own "village".

In my personal research on my academic duties, the 212 online questionnaires that were answered to questions about sex education and teenage pregnancy prevention showed the following:-The respondents, when asked if they had attended a sex education course at school (in Greece), 80.2% answered NO, while only 19.8% answered YES.
-When asked if they believe that young people today are informed about sexual education issues, 14.6% answered "not at all", 48.1% "a little", 31.1% "quite a bit", 4.2% "a lot" and 1.9% "I don't know" ».-Regarding young people's media around sex education issues, 88.2% answered "internet", 55.7% "friends", 25.5% "family", 6.1% "school with educational status" and 1.9% "another".
-When asked if anyone has any incidents of teenage pregnancy in mind, 36.8% answered "no, none", while 38.7% answered "yes, more than one" and 24.5% "yes, one".
-Also, to the question "to what extent do you think young people today know about the prevention of teenage pregnancy, 11.3% answered "not at all", 50.9% "a little", 31.6% "quite a bit", 4.2% "a lot" and 1.9% "don't know".-The respondents, to the question "do you think that proper sex education can contribute to the prevention of teenage pregnancy" 98.6% answered "yes", while only 1.4% answered "no".
-To the question "do you think that if sex education was included in the compulsory education program, there would be fewer cases of teenage pregnancy", 95.8% answered "yes" and only 4.2% "no".
-To the question "would you like to have a sex education class in schools, which would provide correct information to children, by qualified teachers", 99.1% answered "yes", while only 0.9% (2 people out of 212) answered "no".

The research data show that society is indeed ready to accept the inclusion of a sex education course in schools. He believes that the attitudes of the students will evolve for the better, as long as the course promotes what the subject really stands for. Respect for ourselves and the other sex, respect for everyone's wishes, knowledge about sexual functions and means of prevention and, in general, a holistic and human-centered approach to the issue by professionals who own the subject and who are retrained over time.If sex education is integrated into schools from an early age, teaching children not only concepts of a sexual nature, but also values ​​in terms of respect, self-esteem, communication, the effects will extend to many dimensions of our society. It only remains to be seen if the upcoming inclusion of the sex education course, as we have been promised since 1964, will take place with the new school year and we will be here again to evaluate the new data.