‘‘Intercourse’‘ and ‘‘masturbation’‘ are words that will find no mention in a new sex education module being devised for school students in India, large parts of which remain highly conservative.

Unlike last time, there will be no ‘‘graphic’‘ flip charts either. The new adolescent education programme may roll out in November.

The officials behind it are hoping there will be no hue and cry like last time when six states banned it, saying it was too explicit and would corrupt the minds of the young.

‘‘This time we have undertaken a series of consultations, involving conservative as well as progressive people and groups before finalising the module,’‘ National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) director general Sujatha Rao said.