What is the problem addressed by your innovation? (Maximum response allowed is 500 characters).

Discussing sexuality is still considered a taboo in Indian Society. Sex education to school children and adolescents is a challenge for teachers and is seldom taught in a way to create medically appropriate, affirmative outlook towards sexuality. The problem is much more compounded by myths associated with sex information resulting in poor sexual behavior, teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections & sexual crimes. The problem is much higher in Rajasthan leading to sex discrimination.

What is your proposed innovation? (Maximum response allowed is 500 characters).

Active learning by Flipped Classrooms where basic information about sexuality and reproductive health is provided through a mobile application to be viewed at home by the students at his/her own pace and class time in school is utilized for deeper learning, analysis, clarification with help of Clickers in presence of a facilitator who may be a class teacher or a competent and skilled health professionals. Pre class material includes small clips, presentations, short readings, quiz or stories.

How will this innovation address this problem more effectively than current approaches? (Maximum response allowed is 500 characters).

The sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents in India are currently overlooked or are not understood by the Indian healthcare system. These are also not integrated well into Life skills module. The approaches mostly consist of didactic lectures or talks but seldom encourage active participation. The present innovative idea will enable adolescent girls and boys with sufficient time to ponder over the material, their holistic participation in class will be ensured with help of Clickers.

Describe how your innovation is relevant to poor, marginalized populations in low-or-middle-income countries (LMICs). (Maximum response allowed is 500 characters).

In the Rajasthan state of India, sex discrimination against the girl child, late schooling, early marriage predispose girls to heavy disadvantages resulting into the poor health of the community. Adolescent children are highly receptive to innovations. The Bold idea revolves around an innovative pedagogy of inverted classroom utilizing mobile app to distribute family acceptable material in local language and active learning during the class time. It is cheap, affordable, and culturally adaptable