- More than eight in 10 Seychellois (86%) favour allowing girls who become pregnant or have children to continue their education (Figure 1).
- Support for such a policy is consistently high – above 80% -- across key demographic groups.
- More than nine in 10 Seychellois (93%) endorse teaching sex education in schools (Figure 2).
- About nine in 10 citizens (89%) favour the idea of making contraceptives accessible to anyone who is sexually active regardless of marital status, including 42% who “strongly agree” with such an approach (Figure 3).
- o But only a slim majority (52%) say contraceptives should be available regardless of people’s age, while 39% oppose such a policy.
An overwhelming majority of Seychellois support allowing girls who become pregnant to continue their schooling, the latest Afrobarometer survey in the country shows.
Most citizens also endorse the teaching of sex education in schools to help young people make informed decisions.
When it comes to contraceptives, most Seychellois support making contraceptives available regardless of people’s marital status. However, views are divided on whether to make them accessible regardless of age, with a sizeable minority expressing opposition.
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