If you thought we’d learnt a lesson from Andrew Tate, think again
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The only way to ensure that RSE equips the next generation to be engaged members of society is by centring young people’s experiences in lessons, and appropriately training teachers. With the government’s RSE guidance set to be reviewed in 2023, now is the time to return the focus to our young people. Yet more than half of young people surveyed about their RSE lessons at school said that they had learnt nothing, or not enough, about topics including what a healthy relationship looks like, the attitudes and behaviour of boys and men towards girls and women, information relevant to LGBT+ people, and pornography. It is telling that 38 per cent of the young people surveyed by the Sex Education Forum felt that inadequate time was spent on RSE at school, and that 35 per cent wanted more open discussions.
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