Position:
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) must request that the Education Act be amended to require the reporting (to the MOHLTC and local BOH) of the proportion of grade 7-9 students receiving the minimum standards of 3 hours of teaching for each of sexual health and AIDS/STDs.
Resolutions:
#A02-5, Reporting on Sexual Health, AIDS and Other STD Teaching
Status:
Open
Recent Developments:
February 7, 2003
Received a response from Geoff Kettel at the Public Health Branch that the MOHLTC is "committed to supporting health units in the implementation of mandated health promotion activities...to that end, the Branch is involved in a number of ongoing activities, which address the provision of health education in school curriculums, including sexual health education".
November 25, 2002
Received a response from Minister Witmer, summarizing the overall and specific expectations of what students are required to learn about these subjects in grades 7 to 12. She indicated that it is up to instructors on how to meet these expectations, and that no amendments to require reporting of enrolment or success rates in the courses are being planned.
