Students’ experience of sex education ‘terrible’

Almost three quarters of secondary school students described their experience of sex education at school as “terrible” or “bad” in a survey published by the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU).

More than a quarter (28%) said they received no information about contraception in school, a finding described as “extremely worrying” by the ISSU.

The ISSU presented its findings at yesterday’s meeting of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills.