Calls to improve sex education [Independent.ie]
- Published: 14 May 2010
Education chiefs have vowed to increase pressure on schools to improve sex education after a survey revealed three-quarters of teenagers are not taught the subject.
The Department of Education said schools are obliged to provide a relationship and sexuality programme to senior pupils and they would be reminded of their commitments, a move backed by The Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland (Asti).
According to a report from Dail na nOg, which surveyed hundreds of teenagers at school, four out of 10 pupils said the classes were not helpful and a third of schools teach Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) as part of religion, the study, called Life Skills Matter - Not Just Points, also revealed.
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