College Students’ Knowledge about Comprehensive Sexuality Education at Nekemte College of Teachers’ Education and Its Implication to Students’ Risky Sexual Behavior
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https://doi.org/10.20372/star.v7i3.04Keywords:
Comprehensive sexuality education,, Sexual knowledge, College studentsAbstract
The main objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge of college students about comprehensive sexuality education in Nekemte College of teachers’ education. It specifically attempted to examine the difference among college students in their knowledge about comprehensive sexuality education in terms of sex and year of study. The participants of the study were 294 college students enrolled in three batches (freshman, second year, and graduating students). Equal number of participants from the three batches, 98 from each batch was included, which were selected from 1092 total population using Sloven’s formula. Stratified random sampling method was used to select the respondents from each stratum. Data was collected using a 30-items Likert type scale questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, and one way ANOVA were used in the analysis. The finding indicated the knowledge of college students about comprehensive sexuality education was slightly moderate. The result of the study also indicated that statistically significant difference was observed between male and female of college students in their knowledge of comprehensive sexuality education. Moreover, statistically significant difference was also observed among college students in their knowledge of comprehensive sexuality education in terms of years of study. Designing well organized extracurricular programs to maximize students’ knowledge, giving special consideration to females and freshman students in providing sexuality education, teachers’ commitment to teach sexuality education, and ministry of education has to design the curriculum for this education are the recommendations suggested.
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