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Bali to improve sex education campaign
Bali is to strengthen its Planned Generation (GenRe) project by establishing teen- and student-counseling information centers (PIK-R/M) to spread information on reproductive health and inform the youth of the dangers of free sex, drugs and HIV/AIDS
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ali is to strengthen its Planned Generation(GenRe) project by establishing teen- and student-counseling informationcenters (PIK-R/M) to spread information on reproductive health and inform theyouth of the dangers of free sex, drugs and HIV/AIDS.
'That way, Bali's teen population can be healthy, aware and independent,' said the head of the National Family Planning Agency's (BKKBN) Bali office, I Wayan Sundra, in Denpasar on Friday.
For this to happen, continued Sundra, teens have been urged to focus their attention on their education, giving leeway for the GenRe campaign to raise awareness through counseling centers being established in schools.
High school officials have expressed huge interest in and support for the project.
'GenRe will raise awareness of these counseling centers in schools in Bali, starting with informing junior high school students of the concepts of reproductive health,' he said, as quoted by Antara News Agency.
He expected that school students would spread information to their peers so that no more teenagers would drop out of school and could plan for a family.
Meanwhile, the runner-up for GenRe's national student ambassador award (Putra Duta Mahasiswa) 2013, I Putu Surya Adi Praga, is ready to spread the word about GenRe programs to the youth and encourage them to be mindful of reproductive health.
'Issues like this are just the tip of the iceberg. I'm concerned about the problems teenagers are facing today, so as student ambassador of the counseling center at Yowana Bhakti Poltekes Denpasar, I'm planning to implement GenRe's programs to develop quality youth,' said Surya.
In Bali, 158 teen- and student-counseling centers have been established to help teenagers.
Around 103 counseling centers are still at the preparatory stage, 29 are in the proficiency stage and 26 centers have reached the activism stage.
The centers inform the youth of mature-age coupling as well as preparing them to become a generation of qualified, resilient and self-sufficient individuals that are able to compete nationally and globally, said Sundra. (tjs)
