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Relationships and sex education (RSE) will be compulsory in Irish schools, integrating LGBTQ+ identities and teaching about consent and healthy relationships..
With an aim to make changes to social, personal, and health education (SPHE) for senior pupils, relationships and sex education (RSE) is to be compulsory in Irish schools, according to a report published by BBC...
The National Council For Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) said lessons under RSE will be taught in a way that LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, and families are fully integrated into teachings..
In addition, pupils will be taught lessons about safe sex, accessing sexual health services, responses to unplanned pregnancies, how harmful attitudes around gender are perpetuated in the online media and in society, and how to challenge those..
The BBC report stated that relationships and sex education will be compulsory for all post-primary schools in Northern Ireland..
