§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make it a requirement of the biology national curriculum that it includes full and accurate information about the female reproductive organs.
§ Mr. EggarThe programmes of study for science in the national curriculum set out what is to be taught to pupils from age five to 16. For children aged seven to 11, the programmes of study state that
they should be introduced to the functions of the major organ systems and to basic ideas about the processes of breathing, circulation, growth and reproduction.For pupils aged 11 to 14, the requirement is thatthey should study life processes, food and feeding, respiration, movement, behaviour, growth and reproduction, particularly as they relate to human beings.