Sex education classes will be mandatory for all senior cycle students at second level for the first time under plans being drawn up by the State advisory body on the school curriculum.
Under the planned changes, schools will be expected to provide one hour per week, or 60 hours of Social Personal Health Education classes during fifth and sixth year. Work is still under way on how much time will be dedicated to the subject during transition year.
The NCCA said it will analyse and report on all feedback received through the consultation and give “careful and deep consideration” to the findings and their implications for the curriculum. A “very small” minority of students and teachers were resistant to the idea of offering SPHE at senior cycle for reasons such as the time needed for exam subjects, while some parents felt these issues were better discussed at home.A sub-group of parents, for example, noted that gender identity was a highly contested topic.
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