Pressure to introduce compulsory sex education in Scottish Catholic Schools
The Scottish government is under pressure to make sex education compulsory in Catholic schools.
This comes amid concerns about the impact online pornography is having on children in Scotland.
According to the Scotsman, campaigners and politicians are warning that children educated in faith schools are being left behind when it comes to combating threats posed by those abusing internet technology.
Ministers have been told that faith schools, which teach one in five pupils in Scotland, should no longer be allowed to follow their own guidance on sex and relationship education.
This follows moves by the UK government to consider making sex education compulsory in all schools south of the border.
Academies and free schools are currently exempt from the requirement to teach sex education.
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