Posted on 04/27/2009 10:40:18 PM PDT by Steelfish
April 28, 2009
Pupils aged 11 to learn about gay sex Campaigners say the sex education review for children needs to go farther
Alexandra Frean, Education Editor
Compulsory sex and relationships lessons for 11-year-old children are to include classroom discussions on gay unions and civil partnerships.
Secondary pupils will learn about contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), while primary school children will learn about their bodies and friendships, a review of sex education has concluded.
The review was ordered in October after ministers announced that sex and relationships education (SRE) lessons should be made compulsory to help primary and secondary pupils to “navigate the complexities of modern life” and to ensure that children learnt their sex education from the classroom, not the playground.
The changes to personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) classes mark the culmination of decades of campaigning by sexual health organisations, who believe that the patchy nature of sex education in schools is helping to fuel a record level of teenage pregnancy and STIs in England.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
See especially the section entitled “Conservative and Libertarian Press”:
http://www.freerepublic.com/~godgunsguts/
Government-run schools are a sure road to tyranny; in England, here, or anywhere.
Patchy?
The PUSHY nature - is the problem.
It’s funny how there is no discussion allowed in these “discussions”.
Mel
The best reason in the world for home schooling.
Quit pushing this homosexual agenda or face the backlash to come.
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