Campaigners believe that the creation of a subject association for PSHEcould have a knock-on effect in reducing levels of teenage pregnancy anddrug and alcohol misuse.
The Department for Education and Skills last week agreed to spend 200,000 setting up an association for teachers of PSHE. The associationwill provide a central support network for teachers, where they can getadvice and share good practice. It will put the subject on an equalfooting with other curriculum lessons, all of which already have theirown associations.
The move comes nearly a year after the National Children's Bureau (NCB)began an investigation to see whether or not such an association wouldbe useful (Children Now, 3-10 August).
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