Lennier
20-06-2009, 11:20 PM
Compulsory Sex and Relationship Education Proposals
The government appointed Sir Alasdair Macdonald in October last year following the announcement that Personal, Social, Health and Economic [PSHE] Education will be made compulsory. Sex and Relationship Education is a controversial part of this subject area. The review was published on Monday 27th April and on Thusday 28th April 2009 a public consultation was launched. This period of consultation will end on Friday 24th July.
Macdonald Review
The review has recommended that the existing right to a parental opt-out should be maintained and governing bodies should have the right to determine how and not whether SRE should be taught in schools to take into account the values and ethos of the school. It has also argued for parents to be part of the decision making process in individual schools and claims this is widely kept to by the majority of schools. We do not accept this is the case and through the campaign we launched in November and the numerous parents we have spoken to across the country through our seminars, email contact and phone conversations the opposite is the case. We believe schools, especially in areas with significant Muslim pupils, hide the right parents have to withdraw their children from SRE classes and prevent parents that choose to exercise this right by what can only be described as underhand methods. This is why only 4 in 10,000 parents exercise this right.
Public Consultation
A public consultation has now been launched. Please say no to statutory SRE, support the right of parents to opt-out from SRE classes and recommend the existing responsibility of governing bodies to decide how SRE is taught is maintained.
There is also a section in the section in the questionnaire which gives you the opportunity to explain your responses in 200 words. Please mention that as a Muslim you want SRE to Muslim children to reflect the Islamic values of the primacy of marriage and the inappropriateness of homosexuality. Also, some topics are not considered appropriate for Muslim children at a very young age.
Here is the link:
http://qca.org.uk/qca_22258.aspx
You need to register online and will then be sent an email with a number of links. Please click on the link for the Macdonald review.
For more information:
http://sreislamic.wordpress.com/
The government appointed Sir Alasdair Macdonald in October last year following the announcement that Personal, Social, Health and Economic [PSHE] Education will be made compulsory. Sex and Relationship Education is a controversial part of this subject area. The review was published on Monday 27th April and on Thusday 28th April 2009 a public consultation was launched. This period of consultation will end on Friday 24th July.
Macdonald Review
The review has recommended that the existing right to a parental opt-out should be maintained and governing bodies should have the right to determine how and not whether SRE should be taught in schools to take into account the values and ethos of the school. It has also argued for parents to be part of the decision making process in individual schools and claims this is widely kept to by the majority of schools. We do not accept this is the case and through the campaign we launched in November and the numerous parents we have spoken to across the country through our seminars, email contact and phone conversations the opposite is the case. We believe schools, especially in areas with significant Muslim pupils, hide the right parents have to withdraw their children from SRE classes and prevent parents that choose to exercise this right by what can only be described as underhand methods. This is why only 4 in 10,000 parents exercise this right.
Public Consultation
A public consultation has now been launched. Please say no to statutory SRE, support the right of parents to opt-out from SRE classes and recommend the existing responsibility of governing bodies to decide how SRE is taught is maintained.
There is also a section in the section in the questionnaire which gives you the opportunity to explain your responses in 200 words. Please mention that as a Muslim you want SRE to Muslim children to reflect the Islamic values of the primacy of marriage and the inappropriateness of homosexuality. Also, some topics are not considered appropriate for Muslim children at a very young age.
Here is the link:
http://qca.org.uk/qca_22258.aspx
You need to register online and will then be sent an email with a number of links. Please click on the link for the Macdonald review.
For more information:
http://sreislamic.wordpress.com/