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More education about sexual harassment and assault in secondary school

Submitted on Tuesday 16th March 2021

Rejected on Monday 22nd March 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)

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More education about sexual harassment and assault in secondary school

Petition Details

Self defence classes and assembly’s to teach teenagers about the dangers of sexual assault and sexual harassment and educate the pupils and teach them what to do in specific situations


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The Government's new Relationships and Sex Education curriculum, which is mandatory in all state schools from this year, requires that students are now taught about key aspects of the law relating to sex, which include the age of consent, what consent is and is not, the definitions and recognition of rape, sexual assault and harassment, and that sexual violence and sexual harassment are not acceptable: www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education/relationships-and-sex-education-rse-secondary

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Mandatory self-defence classes as part of school curriculum: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578987

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