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 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. 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 Arunachal Pradesh in government and recognized private schools. Arunachal Pradesh is an ideal state to kick-start this program in 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.
