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Friday 7 February 2014

Shocking sex survey in primary school

Students asked to answer a five-page questionaire on their sexual activities and preferences.

SEREMBAN: A survey conducted in a national primary school in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, has shocked parents when the questions posed to the students were about their sexual activities and preferences.

The issue was brought to the press and the Negeri Sembilan Education department this morning by DAP’s Nilai state assemblyman, J Arulkumar, and Senawang state assemblyman, P Gunasekaran.

Arulkumar said he was approached by a parent of one of the students who took part in the survey last week and was told the five-page form contained questions on their sexual habits and orientations.

“The questions on the third page are really shocking. Question 2 asks students if they engaged in masturbation (melancap/masturbasi – merangsang diri sendiri secara seksual).

“Question 4…if they had sexual desires for their own gender (keinginan seks terhadap kaum (jantina) sejenis) and question 5 if they have had sex before?

“If the answers are in the afirmative, Question 6 follows:

“Do they change partners? (bertukar-tukar pasangan); have they had sex with own gender? (melakukan hubungan sejenis); and do they or their partners use condoms during sexual intercourse?”

Investigation underway


Arulkumar said all the questions had a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ option box for the students to tick their answers.

Gunasekaran said one parent was flabbergasted when his 10-year-old child asked for explanations (based on the questionnaires in the survey form), and brought up the matter to him and Arulkumar.

“The parent who brought up this issue to me told me that his child asked him what was sex, masturbation and other related questions on sex, based on the questions in the form.

“Arulkumar and I were unable to meet the state education department director Kalsom Khalid as she was in meeting when we went to lodge a complaint regarding the matter at her office this morning.

“However, Arul and I met the deputy director of communication and registration, Muhamad Rusli Abdullah and submitted the copy of the survey form,” said Gunasekaran.

Gunasekaran and Arulkumar said even though the state education department denied the survey was initiated by them, the department has to take the responsibility for allowing the survey in the school.

Meanwhile, Kalsom later said she was unable to give any comment just yet as she had initiated an immediate investigation into the matter.

Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan, when contacted, said he needs to check with the state education department first before commenting.

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