About 80 secondary schools in 10 prefectures are planning to teach students about ways in which to prevent HIV infection and AIDS this academic year, government officials said Thursday.
The move forms part of a government project aimed at stopping the spread of HIV among youths, they said.
Junior high and high schools involved in the project, led by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, will conduct sex-awareness surveys among students before devising suitable lesson plans for the second semester, which begins in September, the officials told Kyodo News.