Bangalore: There is no question of the State Government introducing sex education at the secondary school level, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Basavaraj S. Horatti has said.

Speaking to presspersons after attending a function organised by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Education Development Centre here on Tuesday, he said that sex education manuals were "completely unfit" for young children and could not be taught in the name of AIDS control.

Mr. Horatti said he would soon call a meeting of women's organisations and non-governmental organisations involved in AIDS control to discuss the issue.

CBSE and ICSE schools in the State were also not being issued the manuals, the Minister said.

It may be noted that the Union Government, in cooperation with the National Council for Education Research and Training and the National AIDS Control Organisation, has prepared a syllabus to provide sex education to children between classes six and 12.

Speaking on the 2,025 schools that have been derecognised for flouting the language policy, Mr. Horatti scotched rumours that some of them had been given no-objection certificates by the department to switch to CBSE or ICSE syllabus. All applications had been rejected, he said.

Education Department officials, who had allowed these unauthorised schools to run since 1994, would be identified and punished, Mr. Horatti added.

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