Sex education will become compulsory from the age of 12 in Sept 2020, according to new government guidelines published late on Monday.
February 26, 2019 2:30 PM A gay rights activist holds a rainbow flag while marching in downtown Belgrade. LONDON: The introduction of mandatory sex education in Britain, including teaching about same-sex relationships and transgender identity, has sparked a backlash from religious parents and faith schools that want to be able to opt out from the new rules. Previously parents and faith schools had been able to opt out.
“Parents need to have a right of withdrawal from sex education and this is one of the reasons why home education is growing,” said Clive Ireson, the head of the Association of Christian Teachers, a lobby group. David Meyer, executive director of the Partnership for Jewish Schools , said schools were neither obligated to teach every religion, nor every type of disability.
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