Teachers are singling out girls who have had abortions and giving inaccurate and misleading lessons on the issue, the sexual health charity Brook has claimed. Details of how schools are teaching pupils about abortion came to light after a Brook project Education for Choice (EFC) ran an online survey. Around 30 per cent of under-20s questioned said they had received no abortion education, while others said it was taught with a religious slant.
Education Secretary Michael Gove has come in for criticism from the education ministers in Wales and Northern Ireland after he failed to consult them on proposed changes to the examinations system. The BBC reports that Leighton Andrews and John O’Dowd have written to Gove to complain about a lack of prior notice of the plans.
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