Sex Education In Schools Debate Set For September

September 06, 2010

A Labour MP is set to reignite the sex education in schools debate after the bill was withdrawn ahead of the General Election.

Labour MP, Chris Bryant, is to push for the inclusion of compulsory sex education in all schools at the next Parliamentary debate, set for 8 September 2010.

Bryant is said to want the previous shelved bill to be implemented, which will see all children in schools, including faith schools, be taught about sex education, homosexuality and contraception, under his Ten-Minute Rule Bill.

The plan came under fire from head teachers and religious leaders, who felt that this responsibility did not fall onto schools, but rather parents and guardians.

The Christian Institute in a letter to the Sunday Telegraph, read: “The Children, Schools and Families Bill undermines this principle and seeks to impose a particular ideology by means of statutory sex and relationships education from the age of five.”

Derek Munn, from Stonewall, at the time of the government climbdown, criticised the move and said: "Taught well, PSHE – including sex and relationship education – empowers young people to make informed decisions about their personal wellbeing. No young person should be denied this. We’ll be calling on the next government to revisit this as a matter of urgency."

The debate about sex education is schools is however set for debate come September 8, with the bill is however not expected to become law.
 

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