<p>YES</p><p>I will share an experience to buttress my point. As a Sunday school teacher in my church I teach the children and these kids are within the ages of 9-15. One of the Sunday mornings when I was done with the class, one of the girls stood up and her white gown was stained with blood. The little girl panicked and started to cry. She believed she must have had an injury. On inquiry I discovered she's been having the symptoms of the coming period but because she lacked sex education, she didn't know it was her period coming. Giving her tissue to use until we could buy a pad for her, she was clueless how to use tissue and I was shocked. I remembered my younger sister saw her period at age 9 and she knew everything about it before it came because I taught her.</p><p>This is one of the reason why sex education should be encouraged in schools. Parents feel really uncomfortable discussing these issues with their kids. Children grow up and must experience puberty. The stage of puberty is confusing with the various body changes. They need to understand why their body is changing and what it means and how it can be handled. They need to understand that with these body changes comes maturity and if not well handled can result in regrets.</p><p>They need to be guided by an adult and not have to result to surfing the net or meeting friends. These can have some misleading information. After the incident in my Sunday school class I have been thinking of starting a project i title, "One girl a pad and one boy, a condom " where I would distribute sanitary pads and condom to secondary school kids educating them on the subject of sex but I have not had time to even begin. </p><p>Sex education is very necessary.</p>