Adolescence is generally agreed to be the period between the ages of ten and nineteen Adolescents are at
risk of unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS, poor pregnancy
outcomes with consequent disrupted education and career goals. This descriptive cross-sectional study
examined institutional behaviours as factors influencing the methodological approaches to sexuality
education in semi-urban secondary schools in the study location. All the teachers in the five schools in the
locality were recruited for the study. A pretested interviewer administered questionnaire was employed to
elicit information in each school. Data were analysed using independent t- test. The mean age of the
respondents was 33.94 and 154 (71.3%) of them agreed that there was no deliberate official plans for
sexuality education in secondary schools. Sixty-one percent of the participants also agreed that there was
no time to handle academics and sexuality issues at the same time, due to the workload, while
154(71.3%) disagreed that the counselling unit was adequately staffed. A significant difference existed
between Christian and Muslim schools in the pattern of methodological approaches to sexuality
education. There was also a significant difference between private and public schools in the pattern of
methodological approaches to sexuality education. It was therefore recommended that teachers should
undergo sex education training, and necessary methodological approaches should be implemented in
each school to improve adolescents’ sexuality knowledge.
