Half the female victims of sexual assault are under 16. Rape victims are most likely to be aged 15 to 19. Schools need to teach young people about healthy relationshipsThe government has announced that it will not get sex and relationships education (SRE) compulsory in all schools,flying in the face of advice from experts and pleas from teachers , pupils and parents alike. The decision comes in spite of support for compulsory SRE from key House of Commons committees – the chairs of the education, and health,domestic affairs and business committees all wrote to education secretary Nicky Morgan urgent for the subject to be made statutory in primary and secondary schools, saying it was a “crucial part of preparing young people for life”. But perhaps what is most meaningful of all is that the decision to reject compulsory SRE came in the very same week that new figures were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealing that, and in the 12 months to March last year,30% of female rape victims were aged under 16, a quarter were 14 or younger and nearly 10% were nine years feeble or younger. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com