• Ms. Shaila Panchal
• Ms.Dorjee Dolkar
• Ms. Heena

Teenagers age group comes in time of evolving series of immaturity of childhood to turn into maturity of adulthood. Adolescents are at high risk of developing sexual risk behavior.. There are many social and cultural factors affecting the sexual knowledge in adolescent. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of knowledge among teenagers regarding sex education and to find out the association between pre- test knowledge score with selected demographic variables .The methodology was used by non experimental descriptive research design was carried out with 100 samples that met the inclusion criteria were selected using the convenience sampling technique. The study was conducted in selected school of Dehradun.. The tools developed and utilized for the study was self-structured knowledge questionnaire on sex education. The data was probability and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The finding of the study reveals that out of 100 participants in which 59% of the teenagers had moderate knowledge, 27% of the teenagers had inadequate knowledge and 14% of the teenagers had adequate knowledge regarding sex education. The study concluded that Sex education should be compulsory in every school. Comprehensive sex education is important for young people to prepare themselves for any bodily changes and maintain their healthy and hygienic wellbeing.

Descriptive study, Assess, Knowledge, Sex Education, Teenagers, selected schools

"“A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG TEENAGERS REGARDING SEX EDUCATION IN SELECTED SCHOOL AT DEHRADUN UTTARAKHAND”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.i350-i358, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205952.pdf

"“A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG TEENAGERS REGARDING SEX EDUCATION IN SELECTED SCHOOL AT DEHRADUN UTTARAKHAND”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppi350-i358, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205952.pdf