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Poland introduces health education in schools with opt-out for sex education
Poland has introduced a new school subject focused on health education, replacing earlier classes on family life, as part of a wider reform of the national curriculum. The subject is due to be taught from the 2025/26 academic year and is designed to cover a broad range of topics, including physical health, mental wellbeing and elements of sexual education. The programme incorporates material on… Source
Tusk Makes Controversial Sex Ed Programme Mandatory Despite Boycott
Poland’s government has made a controversial school “health education” programme compulsory, despite widespread parental boycotts and criticism that it smuggles in explicit sex education. The subject will be mandatory from the new school year, underscoring the government’s readiness to press ahead despite widespread opposition. Attempting to head off renewed criticism, Education Minister Barbara Nowacka said this week that the sex education elem…
Barbara Nowacka made a bad decision. Health education will become mandatory from September 1st. Only the mandatory sexual component is being removed. However, the government's strategy is clear: once a new subject is established in schools, it will be easier to change later. The head of the Ministry of Education announced her disastrous decision on TVN. Health education will be mandatory for everyone from September 1st, 2026. Children will be ab…
The new chairwoman of Poland 2050, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, sharply criticized the idea of Education Minister Barbara Nowacka. "It's crazy to watch this," she wrote, commenting on the announcement that, from September 1st, health education will be mandatory in primary and secondary schools, while the sexuality component, 1-2 hours a year, will be optional and dependent on parental consent.
The head of the Presidential Chancellery, Zbigniew Bogucki, did not rule out that "the president will have no objections" if health education in schools actually addresses healthy lifestyles. This was a reaction to Barbara Nowacka's announcement that the subject would be mandatory.
"It's crazy to see what's happening in education," Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Minister of Funds, wrote on social media. She was responding to Barbara Nowacka's decision, announced on Thursday, to make health education a mandatory subject. The Poland 2050 leader noted that the Ministry of National Education is offering a solution that was on the table a year ago.
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