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CBSE's bid to introduce sex education in schools through its Adolescent Education program hit a roadblock, when Indian state of Maharashtra banned new Adolescent Education books.

MLA's from both ruling as well as opposition parties had protested against this syllabus, fearing that sex education can corrupt the young minds. Along with CBSE syllabus, state has also withdrawn its own booklet - Kishorawastha Jivan Kaushalya Karyakram, that instructs teachers on how to introduce sex education on sex education.

Minister of State for School Education Hasan Mushrif stated in state assembly, “The booklet published by us is for use of teachers not students,” he said. “But we are withdrawing it. And as far as sex education books in CBSE schools are concerned, we’ll ban them they way we banned James Laine’s book (on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj). We will inform CBSE.”

Prior to this, state of Madhya Pradesh had also taken similar step.