MOE throws sex education ball back to schools

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has finally released their revised guidelines for sexuality education programmes under external vendors, and have shunted the responsibility back to the schools. These revised guidelines are, in my opinion, not indicative of any major shifts in policy.

The vendors are also required to submit their policy statement on sexuality education. The statement must cover five areas, including homosexuality, abortion and pre-marital sex.

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Rise in Singapore teen sex, STI and abortion rates

For those of you who still think, for some reason, that abstinence-only sex education will work, the numbers will surprise you.

The number of statutory rape cases involving girls under 14 in Singapore jumped more than 70 per cent in 2009 when compared to 2008. Most of the cases were surprisingly consensual sex amongst casual friends and boyfriends, most of whom were about the same age.

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