From the IT: While what used to be termed "sex education" is undoubtedly a proper part of every child's school curriculum, there remain significant questions. These include whether and to what extent the State should attempt, through State-… From the IT: While what used to be termed "sex education" is undoubtedly a proper part of every child's school curriculum, there remain significant questions. These include whether and to what extent the State should attempt, through State-funded primary and secondary education, to deal with enormously complex and contested areas of gender identity, gender fluidity and associated issues – especially during children's formative preadolescent and adolescent years. Both our Constitution and the ECHR require that parents must be given a very considerable input into what is – and what is not – taught on these subjects to their children. The matter is not simply one for educationalists – whether teachers or policymakers. It is not an area where one social or ideological viewpoint becomes imposed educational orthodoxy to the exclusion of parental beliefs or values. Nor is it enough to accord opt-outs to individual parents. Do the collective wishes of parents not need to be discerned as the guiding value in each school's policy on such matters? Hmmm... | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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