Under its flagship Dettol ‘Banega Swasth India’ in partnership with Primus Partners, RB launched a unique life skills program for kids, ‘Birds and Bees Talk’ (BBT). This comprehensive sexuality education curriculum will help to make children informed with the help of accurate, fact-based and age-appropriate information on growing up, sexuality and life skills amongst adolescent kids. The curriculum was launched for children between the ages of 10-19 in Arunachal Pradesh in the presence of Chief Minister Shri Pema Khandu, Education Minister Shri Taba Tedir, Chief Secretary Shri Naresh Kumar and Education Secretary Smt. Niharika Rai.
Under this curriculum, teachers from the enrolled schools will be appointed and equipped with full program essentials. The training of these teachers will begin shortly to help them better train kids. The unique design of the program comprises of 27-hour lessons allowing the schools to teach in a staggered format, spread over the year. The Birds and Bees Talk program will be executed and implemented across Arunachal Pradesh in government and recognized private schools to ensure the maximum reach and beneficiaries. Arunachal Pradesh is an ideal state to kick-start this program in the North East as the education policy in the state is reformative. Interestingly, the curriculum is in alignment with the National Curriculum Framework and the recently announced New Education Policy 2020.