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State and Territory curriculum on sex educationCurriculum body Curriculum Is it compulsory? Where does it appear?ACT Departmentof Education andTrainingBoard of SeniorSecondary StudiesCurriculumFrameworkestablishesEssential LearningAchievementsNot specificallyEssential Learning Achievementsfor Adolescence include knowledgeof discrimination based on sexuality,human sexuality, negotiation, andpositive relationships.Board of StudiesN.S.W.Curriculumframework outlinessyllabuses andlearning outcomesPersonal Development,Health and PhysicalEducation are identifiedas mandatory key learningareas for years 7-10.Personal Development, Healthand Physical Education Syllabus.Includes positive relationships, sexualrelationships and diversity of sexuality.Department ofEducation andTraining N.T.CurriculumFrameworkestablishes EssentialLearningsHealth and PhysicalEducation is compulsoryuntil Year 10.Health and Physical Educationincludes sexual identity, positiverelationships, sexual development,self-management skills, sexualdiversity.Queensland StudiesAuthorityEssential Learningsfor middle years andsenior yearsHealth and PhysicalEducation is compulsoryuntil Year 10 but EssentialLearnings only explicitlyincludes sexual health atyear 10.Health and Physical Educationincludes sexual health. At HSC level,health education, and community andsocial studies (relationships).South AustraliaEssential Learningsfor Middle years andsenior yearsHealth and PhysicalEducation is compulsoryuntil year 10.Essential Learnings in Health andPhysical Education includes safesexual behaviour, skills in negotiatingsexual rights, sexual identity, positiverelationships.Department ofEducation TasmaniaSets curriculum andstandardsHealth and Wellbeing iscompulsory to Year 10.Health and Wellbeing syllabusincludes sexual and reproductivehealth, sexual identity, positiverelationships.Victorian CurriculumAuthorityVictoria EssentialLearning StandardsVictorian GovernmentSchools ReferenceGuide identifies sexualityeducation as compulsoryfor all government schoolsfrom prep - year 10.Sexuality education falls in the Healthand Physical Education domainand the Interpersonal Developmentdomain(e.g. respectful relationships). Alsosome content in the Science domain.Curriculum council ofWestern AustraliaCurriculumFrameworkconsists of LearningStatements whichoutline LearningOutcomesHealth and PhysicalEducation is compulsoryuntil Year 10.Learning statement on Health andPhysical Education includes sexuality,sexual health, reproductive health,relationship skills. Content is extendedat HSC in Health Studies.35