PERSPECTIVE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ON DIGITAL MEDIA AND INCLUSIVE SEX EDUCATION: AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LUCKNOW DISTRICT.
डिजिटल मीडिया और समावेशी यौन शिक्षा पर माध्यमिक विद्यालय छात्रों का दृष्टिकोण : लखनऊ जनपद के विशेष संदर्भ में एक अनुभवजन्य अनुसंधान।
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i11s.2026.7917Keywords:
Digital Media, Sex Education, Social Media, Secondary School, AttitudeAbstract [English]
The significance and necessity of inclusive sex education in the digital era can be gauged by the fact that secondary school students still hesitate to discuss sex education. This is not a contemporary issue; rather, it is a problem that has persisted for several decades and remains largely unchanged to this day. Although secondary school students actively utilize digital media platforms—including social media channels such as WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook—the sex education-related content available on these platforms is not proving to be particularly beneficial to them. Employing a mixed-methods research approach, statistical data was collected and analyzed using the survey method within a quantitative research framework. Utilizing a non-probability sampling approach, specifically the convenience sampling technique, two schools were selected for the study. The data obtained indicates a correlation between secondary school students' perceptions of digital media and the formation of their attitudes toward sex education.
Abstract [Hindi]
डिजिटल युग में समावेशी यौन शिक्षा का महत्व आज के दौर में कितना महत्वपूर्ण और आवश्यक है इस बात का अंदाजा इसी बात से लगाया जा सकता है कि माध्यमिक विद्यालय के छात्र आज भी यौन शिक्षा पर बात करने से झिझकते हैं। यह समस्या आज की समस्या नहीं बल्कि कई दशकों से चली आ रही समस्या है जो कि आज भी ज्यों की त्यों बनी हुई है। डिजिटल मीडिया जिसमें सोशल मीडिया जैसे व्हाट्सएप्प, यूट्यूब, इंस्टाग्राम, फेसबुक आदि माध्यमों का प्रयोग माध्यमिक विद्यालय के छात्र-छात्राओं द्वारा किया तो जाता है किंतु उस पर मिलने वाली यौन शिक्षा से जुड़ी सामग्री बहुत ज्यादा लाभ बच्चों को नहीं पहुंचा पा रही है। मिश्रित शोध पद्धति का प्रयोग करते हुए मात्रात्मक शोध पद्धति में सर्वेक्षण विधि का प्रयोग करते हुए सांख्यिकीय डेटा को प्राप्त कर उसका विश्लेषण किया गया है। गैर-संभाव्यता पद्धति में सुविधा नमूना करण तकनीक की मदद से 2 विद्यालयों का चयन किया गया है। प्राप्त आंकड़े इस ओर इशारा करते है कि माध्यमिक विद्यालय के छात्रों की डिजिटल मीडिया के प्रति धारणा और यौन शिक्षा के बीच दृष्टिकोण निर्माण में संबंध है।
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