Schools ‘like rabbits caught in headlights’ over sex education

The digital age has seen schools “a bit like rabbits caught in the headlights” on matters around sex and consent, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

General secretary of the Joint Managerial Body (JMB), John Curtis, said a huge issue was what was regarded as age-appropriate as the goalposts had changed.

“I think we are a bit like rabbits caught in the headlights in the context of the speed of change. Have we caught up sufficiently? No, I don’t think we have.”