Tahfiz schools want sex education, but there’s no budget, says doctor


A survey has found that 8 out of 10 tahfiz schools want the introduction of sex education into their curriculum but this was rejected by the previous government due to high costs. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 25, 2018.

TAHFIZ schools want to introduce a sexual education module, but the funding isn’t there for the programme to be rolled out, said Dr Hamizah Mohd Hassan at a Projek Dialog conference on “Education: Visions for a New Malaysia” today.

“8 out of 10 teachers at tahfiz schools support sexual education and want to introduce our modules into our schools,” said the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) Reproductive Health chief.


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