A secular education group has said it is “appalled” that a Catholic primary school in Wicklow would advise pupils to ask their parents if they have questions about contraception or same-sex relationships rather than teach the topics in its RSE classes.
‘Education Equality’ spokesperson David Graham believes that the religious ethos of Lacken National School in Blessington was at the root of the advice. He told Newstalk Breakfast that a majority of parents at the school last year signed a letter calling for Relationships and Sexual Education (RSE) to be “fact-based” and “free from the influence of religious ethos”.
He added that the school’s idea of contacting parents when a child asks a question about contraception or same sex relationships is ‘totally inadequate’.
