Consent lessons will be MANDATORY in schools across Australia
Consent lessons will be MANDATORY in schools across Australia after petition from a private school girl showed how thousands of students had been sexually assaulted by their peers Education about consent to become mandatory in every Australian school Will be age appropriate from prep to Year-12; new lessons beginning 2023 Ex-Sydney private school student Chanel Contos pushed for the change She helped design the proposal for the landmark changes to curriculum
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Education on consent will become mandatory in every Australian school after a landmark ruling by state and federal ministers.
Federal Senator Jonathon Duniam on Thursday confirm education officials would meet in April to finalise a new curriculum which includes consent education.
Teachers will give children from prep to Year 12 age-appropriate lessons about the importance of gaining permission, power imbalances and coercion.
Former Sydney private school student Chanel Contos has pushed for the change and launched a petition called Teach Us Consent - which advocates for earlier and improved sex education.
She helped design the proposal for the curriculum, which will be implemented from 2023 onwards.
