The government is ploughing ahead with plans to make sex education compulsory in all schools without making any attempt to seek the views of parents. It has quietly launched an independent review which is giving organisations with an interest in sex education just three weeks to respond to questions seeking ‘the most effective ways of …
Category «Press Releases 2008»
Government goes back on commitment to consult parents on sex education
In announcing that sex and relationship education is to be made compulsory in all schools, the government has gone back on its commitment to undertake a full public consultation before making any decisions about substantive changes to the present arrangements. Family Education Trust director, Norman Wells, commented: ‘Given that the government’s review group was largely made …
HFE Bill threatens to impose politically correct dogmas not in the public interest
There is a very real danger that certain professions – including healthcare – will become no-go areas for people who refuse to submit to a completely new moral code, warns the Family Education Trust. On the eve of the House of Commons debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, the Trust’s director, Norman Wells, …
UN Committee persists in seeking to impose its radical social agenda on the UK
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has consistently taken liberties with the text of the Convention and its latest report on the UK is no exception, according to the independent research charity, Family Education Trust. The Committee, which has gained a reputation for adopting extreme interpretations on the UN Convention on …
Statutory sex education from four would seriously undermine the role of parents
Calls to introduce statutory sex education lessons from the age of four are misguided and represent an attempt to seriously undermine the role of parents, according to the Family Education Trust. The Trust’s director, Norman Wells, noted: “There is no evidence at all to suggest that starting sex education at the age of four is …