Submitted By: prabirghose
| about 1 month ago
A plan by the UK government for compulsory sex and drugs education for school children as young as five has sparked an outcry, with parents' saying it was "infringing" their rights. Personal, social and health education will be a new subject on the ...
News Source: Asian Age
| about 1 month ago
A large percentage of parents and adults thought parents should retain the right to keep their children out of sex education classes up to the age of 16. Margaret Morrissey, from campaign group Parents Outloud, condemned the government for "...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
The British government plans to make sex education compulsory for students in all schools, beginning at age 5, officials said Thursday. Parents would no longer be able to withdraw their children from sex education classes once they turn 15, The Times...
News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 month ago
Sex education interruptus New rules will make sex education compulsory for school children aged 15 up...This means that children will learn about sex in the broader context of relationships, homosexuality, marriage, civil partnerships, divorce and...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
Under the new laws, parents will lose their right to withdraw their children from sex education once they hit 15. At the moment parents can remove their children from lessons about sex until they are 19. The move forms part of new laws that will make...
News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 month ago
Children under 15 can be withdrawn from sex education Parents will be able to withdraw their children from the new, compulsory sex education lessons up to the age of 15 A teacher giving a sex education lesson to pupils at Ivy Bank School, Burnley.