Young people’s poor access to reproductive and sexual health services and information, increasing trend in violence and sexual abuse pose a tremendous challenge for addressing their healthy development. There are tremendous changes in young people’s behaviour when compared to old generations. STIs are a major public health concern and have long term implications for individual’s health. STIs are most frequent in young people aged 15-19years old. One in 20 young women is believed to contact a curable STI each year, excluding HIV or other viral STIs — including hepatitis B, genital herpes and genital warts, which are not curable. Therefore the young people’s awareness towards role of contraceptive in preventing STI is significant area to be studied hence the present study is conducted.