{"id":233564,"date":"2019-10-05T21:47:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T01:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=233564"},"modified":"2019-10-05T21:47:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T01:47:54","slug":"gender-segregation-in-schools-wont-curb-teen-pregnancy-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/05\/gender-segregation-in-schools-wont-curb-teen-pregnancy-hiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender segregation in schools won’t curb teen pregnancy, HIV"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cBesides the great big world out there is designed for a system of dynamic social interactions that is almost boundless: no sex or gender, no age, no socio-economic status, no religion, no race, nothing separates man from the rest,\u201d Mallari added. (Pexels Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Separating boys and girls in schools will not stop teenage pregnancy and the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a Catholic bishop said Friday.<\/p>\n

San Jose Bishop Roberto Mallari said this problem should not be blamed on the differing gender of students in classrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeen pregnancies and HIV incidents are attributed not to the heterogeneity of students in classrooms, but to the lack of thoughtful regard to values and formation at home, in communities and in sad cases, in some classrooms,\u201d Mallari said in an interview.<\/p>\n

Mallari, chairman of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education (CBCP-ECCCE), believes that the move is not the answer to these problems as there is no scientific research backing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides the great big world out there is designed for a system of dynamic social interactions that is almost boundless: no sex or gender, no age, no socio-economic status, no religion, no race, nothing separates man from the rest,\u201d Mallari added.<\/p>\n

He noted that it is also important for students to interact with adults to talk about these issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to have an encounter with each other because it is the best way to grow and discover Jesus in people,\u201d Mallari said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchools need to design more opportunities for focus engagements with adults and with community and church leaders to talk about the problems, how these problems create a culture of indifference and value degradation and how the youth of the new generation can participate in the functioning of social structures,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, National Youth Commission chair Ryan Enriquez proposed split classrooms for boys and girls from Grades 7 to 12 to curb teen pregnancies and HIV.<\/p>\n

The Commission on Population reported that close to 200,000 women aged 15-19 get pregnant each year.<\/p>\n

HIV is the virus that causes Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).<\/p>\n

Reports said over 6,000 people tested positive for HIV after engaging in paid sex since December 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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