Parminder Bariana, Punjab: After Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, now schoolteachers in Punjab have refused to follow the new text book released by the AIDS Control Society for sex education in schools of Punjab.

Teachers feel the 'School Adolescence Education Programme' may just give the students wrong ideas.

“Children would want to experiment after studying it,” says Principal, Shri Hitkari School, Talwada, Deshraj.

Deshraj is in a dilemma, and he doesn't know how to convince his teachers to teach the subject.

“We can't teach this. How will the children react?” says a teacher Manju Sharma.

While teachers aren't happy with the content, students are hesitant to attend classes on sex education.

When asked if the students need sex education, one of the students, Bipra Sharma said, “No. What impact will it have on us?”

The AIDS Control Society, NCERT and UNESCO's joint campaign is to spread awareness on sex from a very young age. But even though the planning and awareness programme to control AIDS seems to be in place, it looks like teachers need a course to deal with the subject before it's introduced in the classrooms.