The Human Resource Development ministry forced an expert panel to shorten its recommendations on sex education to just one sentence, to avoid use of words 'sex' and sexual' in the document. According to a report in the Telegraph, the original draft -- submitted in May -- mentioned the word "sexual" twice. CHANGES THAT WERE MADEAccording to the report, the panel's original draft contained half a page on adolescent education, and advocated more lessons against unprotected sex. This section on adolescent education has now been reduced to: "The Adolescent Education Programme and National Population Education Programme need to be extended to all schools as early as possible." PANEL MEMBERS HAVE THEIR SAYAnother panel member told The Telegraph -- on the condition of anonymity -- that the committee complied with the ministry's 'advice' because it 'agreed' that the word "sexual" might "offend" people.

Source: India Today October 24, 2016 13:30 UTC