Abstract:
This thesis investigated students’ perception of sex education in senior high schools in
Biakoye District in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study sought to unearth students’
perception of the sex education in senior high schools. The study reviewed theoretical and
empirical studies on sex education. The goal of the study was to address the knowledge
gap in the literature by contributing to an understanding of the need to enhance teaching of
sex education in senior high schools. Descriptive research design was used for the study.
Simple random sampling was used to select sample size of 298 senior high students to
respond to sets of questionnaire. Also purposive sampling techniques was used to select
ten teachers for interviews. Out of 298 sets of questionnaire sent out, 293 were received
indicating a response rate of 98 percent. The study adopted descriptive statistics using
frequencies, percentages, and contingency tables to present the results. The main findings
of the study were that most students understand sex education to mean knowledge about
sexual activities and sexual intercourse, and sex education lessons in senior high schools
lay little emphasis on contraceptives. Also, most students agree that comprehensive sex
education is more likely to benefit them in their healthy sexual life decisions. It is therefore
recommended that efforts should be made by the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education
Service, and other district authorities to intensify teaching of comprehensive sex education
in senior high schools in the Biakoye District, and finally, future research should be
conducted on this phenomenon to ascertain the relationship between comprehensive sex
education and application of such knowledge to the benefits students and also help for
theory development and policy implication.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES EDUCATION, SUBMITTED TO THE
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION,
WINNEBA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (SOCIAL STUDIES) DEGREE
MAY, 2016