Kathy French, a specialist at the Royal College of Nursing and a member of an independent advisory group on sexual health and HIV, said teachers were not necessarily qualified to teach the subject.
Anna Martinez, co-ordinator of the Sex Education Forum, said teachers who had not received specific training often lacked the information to teach the subject confidently.
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