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Teach sex in context, government told

Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 09:11PM by Registered CommenterYPSH ADMIN | CommentsPost a Comment
Anthea Lipsett
Tuesday February 26, 2008
EducationGuardian.co.uk

Advocacy groups today welcomed the government's review of sex education in schools, but warned that putting sex into the context of relationships was paramount in cutting the UK's soaring rates of teenage pregnancy.

Announcing the review of sex and relationship education (SRE) yesterday, the schools minister, Jim Knight, and children's minister, Beverley Hughes, said SRE had improved but delivery was still "patchy".

The UK has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in Europe and ministers have repeatedly tried to tackle the problem.

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