Age limits are set to be imposed for the first time on when children can be taught about sex education, reports have suggested. Schools will be told not to teach children any form of sex education until year 5, when pupils are aged nine. The General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders however stresses the importance of young people receiving appropriate sex education, and not becoming “political footballs”. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 One of the concerns that we have is that this is an incredibly important topic for young people.
00:05 Their health, their well-being, the way in which they see their place in society is really
00:10 important and schools need to provide guidance and give them security and stability and also
00:15 protect them from dangers that are available online. And what we're seeing is that actually
00:22 there's the potential here for them to become political footballs in the middle of a discussion
00:28 around what should be delivered, what content and what that content says and even how it's delivered.