Young people need quality sex education because of the mixed messages they are constantly exposed to, which often undermine the effectiveness of contraception.
At the moment sex education is not a compulsory subject within the National Curriculum and it's down to each school to teach it how they want. According to Young NCB members who were interviewed on this topic by BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, sex education should focus more on the relationship aspect of sex as well as knowing where to seek help.
"School only concentrates on the biological side of sex and doesn't teach us anything about making the right choices. There is also not enough advice about where to seek help," said Young NCB member Irene Karapetyan. "Simply receiving a bulk of information about STIs and their symptoms isn't an effective way to reduce them."
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