Teachers and students to be surveyed on sex education quality

A new survey of the attitude of students and teachers on sex education in Irish schools is to be carried out amid concerns about the variable quality of how it is being taught.

The HSE is to carry out detailed research on the experience of post-primary schools of how relationships and sexuality education (RSE) is being delivered in the classroom.

It follows reports from the Department of Education’s inspectorate in 2013 which found that students were expressing dissatisfaction with the RSE programme.