Background: Sexuality education has been one of the highly controversial issues in Indian society. Due to increasing incidences of HIV/AIDS, RTIs/STIs and teenage pregnancies, there is a rising need to impart sexuality education. It is therefore important that young people have adequate information about their sexuality so that they can make informed choices. Methods: A semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection 58 medical students. Convenient sampling method was used to select medical school students in central India. A qualitative study using bricolage and an inductive response was used to construct the article. Results: There were 75 pre-degree students in faculty of the Medicine. Results and data were statistically analyzed. Only 58 forms could be analyzed. More than 57% did not know that sex education was taught in schools. Most participants did not know of alternative names for sexuality education. 62% of the teachers were female. 50% of the students said that anatomy and contraception were taught to them, while all the students 100% said that sexuality education is important. 50% referred to the internet for educating themselves, most participants 67.2% preferred to discuss among friends. 78% did not discuss sexuality issues with parents Sexuality education was the need of the hour. Conclusion: Medical school students were aware of the subject of sexuality education but lack adequate information on sexuality issues. The outcome of our study suggested a need to incorporate it into the school curriculum.
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