The Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) proposals have been widely praised for being properly updated for the first time in two decades and preparing young people for the 21st century.
However, some have fears that the new curriculum promotes an agenda.
The new lessons will teach kids about basic relationships (not sex) from the age of four and, among the older years, the Department of Education will introduce teaching on mental health, sexting and female genital mutilation.
RSE is being completely updated for the first time since 2000 and will try to show the link between physical and mental health and cover topics not previously included, such as the influence of social media.
Education Secretary Damian Hinds said: “the internet and social media add new pressures that just weren’t there even one generation ago. So many things about the way people interact have changed, and this new world, seamless between online and offline, can be difficult to navigate. Almost twenty years on from the last time guidance on sex education was updated, there is a lot to catch up on.”
Explained by Mr Hinds in the House of Commons on Monday, the government have retained the ability of parents to request that their child is withdrawn rfrom these classes.
Any school must respect this ‘except in exceptional circumstances’ up to three terms before the child reaches 16, at which age the…
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