The evidence behind effectiveness of school based Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)
has been growing and shows positive results among young people.1 In Nepal’s context, limited
CSE related topics such as reproductive system, puberty, menstruation have been incorporated
in the in-school subjects, yet, teachers are observed to be skipping these chapters leaving young people devoid of crucial knowledge and information. Therefore, a lot of concerns on the necessity to strengthen capacity of teachers on CSE has come up over the years. As a result, since 2018, UNFPA has been implementing 5-day teachers’ training on CSE with an aim to enhance teachers’ capacity to teach CSE to the students. With no concrete mechanism to monitor the impact of the teachers training, this mini pilot aimed at understanding the actual outcomes of the much-needed teachers’ training on CSE.
The report analyses perspectives of both set of teachers who had and had not undergone teachers’ training on CSE, the impacts of training on their teaching process as well as learning process of their students. The report captures voices of teachers and their experiences while teaching CSE in a Nepali context where sexuality related topics are tabooed.
This position paper is part of the Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (APA) initiative to generate evidence on sexual and reproductive rights in Asia and the Pacific. The full report
“Shifting the SRHR Narrative: The importance of CSO-generated evidence in Asia Pacific”
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