Free condom machines would be placed in every high school as part of a plan to address sexually-transmitted diseases and cut down the abortion rate. According to the plan, the free condom vending machines would not support or encourage sex in the early age. Family Planning Victoria (FPV) is taking charge to fund contraception in Australia as a way of encouraging safe sex and preventing unplanned pregnancies. Availability of free condoms in high schools would be the perfect start, said FPV chair Sally Cockburn. She further elaborated that it is reasonable to place a free condom vending machine for year 11 and 12 in their common room. According to her, it is the right time that we should concern and protect our young generation. She explained that this program should be discussed 10 or 15 year ago but it is not too late to start it now. It is not surprise that students in younger grades were having sex hence free condom vending machines would help to prevent early sex rather than encourage it. This would be included into a larger education program. However, the Australian Education Union has dismissed the idea. The union's Victoria president says the role of schools is to educate, not to supply students with condoms. He said we certainly care about our students, their health, their welfare, but our role is in educating them not providing them with condoms.
Comment: In my opinion, I agree with the president of union’s Victoria that the major role of school is to educate and move them towards the right direction. However, free sex activities among the youngster now are growing vigorously. It seems to be difficult to prevent this from happening. Hence, encouraging save sex is a good way to tackle this problems rather than action to prevent free sex. This actually reduces their risk from being infected by the sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS that is incurable. Besides that, a proper sex education should be carried out in every school to better educate the students in free sex problems.
But with this way, it seem like the government is allow the teenagers to have sex even though they are under-age. This makes people think that sex before marriage is allowed.^^
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