Human sexual activity or sexual behavior is a common thing that humans experience as they become

knowledgeable of things around them when they get older. Human sexual activity, or human sexual
behavior, refers to a wide range of physical and psychological actions that involve sexual arousal, desire,
and satisfaction. Sexual activity is a fundamental aspect of human nature and is crucial in personal
relationships, procreation, and individual well-being (Smith, 2023). With this definition, it also leads forth
to sex education in schools. Sex education is high quality teaching and learning about a broad variety of
topics related to sex and sexuality. It explores values and beliefs about those topics and helps people
gain the skills that are needed to navigate relationships with self, partners, and community, and manage
one’s own sexual health. Sex education may take place in schools, at home, in community settings, or
online (Planned Parenthood, n.d). With that in mind, I am in strong support of implementing Sex
Education in the school setting of Philippines, especially in Catholic Schools.

Why implement Sex Education in schools? First off, Teenage Pregnancy has been consistently increasing
in the past years. According to UNFPA Philippines has one of the highest adolescent birth rates among
the ASEAN Member States. Recent World Bank data shows that the Philippines has 47 births annually
per 1,000 women aged 15-19, higher than the average adolescent birth rates of 44 globally and 33.5 in
the ASEAN region. Having a higher score than someone is good but not in this aspect. As a Filipino, I am
not proud in the statistics. In our situation in the country, many aspects are lacking in terms of
economics and healthcare, and part of this is also sex education. Teenage pregnancy incidences were
shown to be mostly caused by a lack of education, lack of access to contraception and health
information, and autonomy in making decisions (Cureus, 2022).

Secondly, the youth needs to start safe and stay safe. Any person who has sex is at risk for STIs
like chlamydia and gonorrhea. Young people just beginning to have sex are at even higher risk—
especially if they don’t know about safe sex practices.