Adebayo, Victoria and Sowunmi, O. Y. and Misra, Sanjay and Ahuja, Ravin and Damasevicius, Robertas and Jonathan, Oluranti (2020) The Role of ICTs in Sex Education: The Need for a SexEd App. In: Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications, 06 August 2020, Online.
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Youths being in their formative years are extremely curious and adventurous and would attempt to get answers to their questions at any cost and from anywhere. This is also the case of sexually-related information. Studies have shown that deficient sex education has led to inappropriate practices/involvement among children and adolescents and subsequently, different social vices that are threatening to the society. However, with the advent and proliferation of smart phones, tablets and other gadgets, coupled with the internet technology, disseminating apt information or knowledge to youths and adolescents have been made much easier. Research has shown that these vices are reduced when children/adolescents are exposed to comprehensive formal/informal sex education. This research thus seeks to investigate the viability of applying ICT, specifically a mobile application to proliferate correct information to adolescents as a means of informal education. This is achieved by studying relevant literature and administering questionnaires to students in 5 secondary institutions and 2 Universities. The results reflect their need for adequate information and their readiness to engage such a platform. The framework of such a mobile application is also presented.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2024 12:01 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2024 12:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/18314 |
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