Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri.N. Biren Singh launched the unique life skills programme – Dettol BSI Birds and Bees Talk, for children between the ages of 10-19 in Manipur.
RB, under its flagship Dettol ‘Banega Swasth India’ in partnership with Primus Partners launched a unique life skills program for kids, “Birds and Bees Talk” (BBT). The curriculum was launched for children between the ages of 10-19 in Manipur in the presence of Chief Minister Shri N. Biren Singh and Chief Secretary, Dr Rajesh Kumar. 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 Birds and Bees Talk program will be executed and implemented across Manipur in government and recognized private schools. Manipur 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. Under this curriculum, teachers from the enrolled schools will be appointed & equipped with full program essentials including teaching methods & lessons. 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.
Commenting on the partnership initiative, Mr Ravi Bhatnagar, Director External Affairs and Partnerships, Reckitt Benckiser Health AMESA said, “Education is the catalyst to social change and one of the most critical areas of empowerment for children. India needs to focus on comprehensive education which includes life skills as an important part of the holistic curriculum. Currently, it is not a part of the usual school curriculum and most schools, teachers and parents are not qualified to provide”
