Angus and Dundee students are to be educated in the fight against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.
There has been a significant rise in the number of reported cases of STIs in the UK since the 1990s, with the number of reported cases of chlamydia tripling between 1995 and 2005.
The risk of contracting HIV and other serious illnesses can be greatly reduced by using a condom.
Staff at Angus College, Dundee College and the Web Project will roll out training this year and provide free contraception to young people who sign up to the scheme.
Richard McIntosh, senior health promotion Officer at NHS Tayside, has been involved in offering condom distribution training to students.
He said: “It can clearly be a delicate and sensitive subject but my aim is to train students to offer practical and emotional advice in the most sensitive way possible.
“The C-Card is a plastic card which allows the owner to collect free condoms and other safer sex products in the C-card range but it also reinforces the need to respect yourself and others.”
The Government says condom cards reduce teenage pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. It also claims the scheme fosters more responsibility towards contraception.
Student key worker Liz Martin said: “We spend a lot of time with these students and it helps enormously for us to have a training framework to work to when we’re presented with a difficult situation.
“The more we can lower the barriers surrounding these problems then the more we can help these young people.”