To ask the Minister of Education how he is encouraging schools to avail of sexual health education provided by the Public Health Agency; and whether he will review this provision.

Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) is a policy which is devolved to schools. All schools are required to have in place an RSE policy which sets out how the school will address RSE within the curriculum. My Department commissioned the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment to review and update current guidance and this guidance was issued to schools in August 2015. The Public Health Agency was represented on the Steering Committee that helped CCEA develop the revised guidance.

The new guidance includes a resource directory and reference section to support schools when they are developing their RSE policies. It is entirely a matter for individual schools to determine which resources and programmes they use to deliver the curriculum.