First years to be taught about influence of porn, consent, and gender identity

Relationship and sexuality education (RSE) is one strand of four included on the revamped Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) course to be rolled out to students starting post-primary school this year. File picture: Larry Cummins

First-year students will now learn about the influence of porn, the importance of consent in sexual relationships and how sexual orientation and gender identity are experienced and expressed as part of the new sex education curriculum.

Lesson outcomes from the new Junior Cycle sex ed syllabus have been published by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). Relationship and sexuality education (RSE) is one strand of four included on the revamped Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) course to be rolled out to students starting post-primary school from September.