The Recipe for Girl Child Sex Education

beginning to concede to the fact that sexual knowledge can serve as a great weapon against ignorance.

It was recounted that evolution of sexuality education and its introduction in Nigeria schools came about when it became apparent that there was, as there is, an urgent need to address adolescents’ reproductive health, reproductive rights and sexuality issues. Historical records also has it that the dire desire to equip the adolescent children for their societal roles as adults which will enable them conform to contemporary life styles became momentous as its fruitfulness relied largely on vital education and information on health care and positive relationships provided to the children (Adepoju, 2005). So, like Winderstorm in Adepoju (2005) will assert, such education will empower young women to have a greater control over their sexuality and reproduction to the benefit of social and economic aspects of their lives. It also possessed the potential which would respond to the overall life situation