File of photo session made for schoolchildren for menstrual hygiene in Bengalur. | Photographic credit:
With the average age of menarche advancing to nine to 11 years, the Karnataka education department decided to start providing adolescent education from class 6 from this year instead of class 8.
“This year we are introducing a moral scientific module in the curriculum and adolescent education is part of it. We will start teaching it from class 6 by age, because the age of puberty is before,” said KV Trilok Chandra, commissioner for public teaching.
According to doctors, the age of menarche proceeded due to multiple factors. “The average age of Menarche India was between 11 and 13 years. Now it is not uncommon for girls to reach Menarche for nine or 10 years. The type of food consumed, lifestyle, etc. contributed to this procedure. Jayanagar General Hospital and the national professor of the album.
Teachers at many government and private schools said they have already started teaching students about menstruation, menstrual hygiene and other physical changes that occur around puberty from class 5 or 6.
“At home, parents do not teach girls about menstruation or menstrual hygiene freely. In our school, the Faculty of Faculty is ensured that we are talking to them about these matters, especially hygiene, from class 6.
The headmaster of the well -known private school in Bengalur said they had made a joint meeting of sex education for boys and girls and meetings only for girls. “Emotional and physical changes, contemporary products and hygiene are some of the things that have been discussed in these sessions. Although we can provide a general overview of these things for boys and girls together, some girls say they are not comfortable to discuss it.
However, common sex education is not in most schools in most schools. “I feel uncomfortable to talk about it. In my school I am aware that they were providing sex education to girls. But we weren’t in the classroom and I don’t know exactly what they were learning,” said a private school in Banashankari.
Even in government schools there are no common programs for sex education for boys and girls. “We are making awareness programs for girls aged 10 to 15.
Published – May 27, 2025 23:16
