MOTHERS ATITTUDE TOWARDS SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM INCLUSION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AKOKO-SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ONDO STATE.
Abstract
The study investigated the investigate the attitude of mothers towards the introduction of sex education into the curriculum of secondary schools in Akoko south-west local government area of Ondo state. An extensive review of related literature was carried out under the following sub-headings; concept of sex education, needs for sex education, advantages and disadvantages of sex education and Mothers attitude to sex education. Research questions and hypotheses were generated from the independent variables of Knowledge, Information, Interest, Hatred and disposition to sex education among others related concepts that facilitated the identification of relevance procedures and strategies as well as the construction of instrument used in this study. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study while comprise all mothers of selected residence area in Akoko-South Local Government area of Ondo state, from which 210 respondents were selected randomly as sample from the selected five communities located in the study area. Self-constructed questionnaire approved by the researcher’s supervisor was used for data collection. With the help of a trained research assistant, the researcher went to each selected community to administer the instrument. Retrieved questionnaire were screened and coded into frequency tables, while simple percentage and Chi square (X2) statistics were used for data analysis. All the alternative hypotheses were accepted at alpha level 0.05 and degree of freedom of 12. The null hypotheses which are knowledge, Interest, Hatred for sex education and disposition to sex education were not accepted for the study while information on sex education was accepted. Based on the data analysis, the following conclusions were made from the findings that; Knowledge, Information, Interest, Hatred, and Disposition have significant effect on mothers in Akoko South Local Government Area of Ondo State. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made among others; Sex education should be taught at all levels of school and Sensitization through religious bodies should be encouraged to pass information on the benefits of sex education.
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