KINDER *** ED?
The government plans to curb teenage pregnancy in the country by incorporating comprehensive *** education modules as early as kindergarten, Perez said.
"Hindi bagong subject ito. It will be integrated in the subjects that they have," he said.
"For example, 'yung kinder, tuturuan kung ano ang good touch at kung ano ang bad touch."
It is important for children to learn these at an early age as they are more prone to ***ual abuse, Perez said, noting that
more Filipinos in the range of 10 to 14 years old got pregnant in 2017.
"Tumataas 'yung area na 'yun and we really want to address that. May elemento kasi 'yun ng abuse," he said.
There were
at least 2,000 10 to 14-year-old Filipinos who were pregnant in 2017; that's 200 cases more than in 2016, he said.
"Mahalaga ang conprehensive ***ual education kasi ang kabataan ang informant lang nila ay kapwa kabataan," he said.