Hervantage: Coming of Age

As Malaysia struggles with evolving the education system, one largely neglected area would be sex education in schools for children aged 11 and above. Sex, puberty, menstruation. All these topics still scream taboo and it seems obvious that educators are still neglecting how to address this situation in schools. At the same time, unwanted pregnancies flourish with babies being abandoned at an alarming rate by young mothers. Enter Miss Teaspoon, a local enterprise that runs etiquette and mentoring programmes for girls ages 7-17years old.