Sen Gatchalian proposes suspending CSE amid implementation confusion
Senator Win Gatchalian proposed temporarily suspending comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in Philippine schools amid confusion over its implementation during a Senate panel hearing on adolescent pregnancies and HIV.
Gatchalian highlighted discrepancies between the Department of Education's (DepEd) 2018 DepEd Order No. 31, which applies CSE to all learners, and the Reproductive Health Law, which mandates teaching age-appropriate sexuality education to adolescents aged 10-19.
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno expressed concerns about inappropriate concepts in CSE based on slides from a pilot program, raising questions about its proper implementation.
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