Our research and studies have found that the lack of sex education among Malaysian adolescents is caused by a number of factors, including the taboo nature of sex in Malaysian culture, adolescents' lack of knowledge about sex education, the exclusion of topics related to sexuality from sex education programmes, stigma and misunderstandings surrounding sex education, and, last but not least, parental attitudes toward it. 

 

The majority of respondents to the survey we conducted to elicit more information and opinions agreed that sexual education is lacking in Malaysia. It is clear that there is a widespread understanding within this group that sexual education is lacking in our nation. There is also a broad depiction of how different generations view this issue, with the younger generations being more forthright about their opinions. An alarming amount of respondents have not used their sexual education as a result of a lack of sex education, leaving a meager fraction of those who have done so as a result of internal and external factors such as society, family, and friends. In addition to this, it is also mentioned that a lack of resources is closely related to our educational system, as an unstandardized sexual education curriculum that reaches out to various socioeconomic classes does not accurately convey to the country what effective sexual education is meant to be. 

 

Sex education is to provide young people the knowledge and abilities they need to make the best choices about sex and relationships for themselves throughout their life, which further emphasizes the need for adequate sex education from an early age.