By Amelia Tan

GET your facts right on what is happening in Singapore schools when it comes to sex education, and do not base comments on 'innuendo or information received on the fly'.

This advice, for those who have criticised the sexuality programme run by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) in some schools, was given by Senior Minister of State for Education S. Iswaran yesterday.

Speaking after an event celebrating Yishun Town Secondary School's new autonomous status yesterday, he urged the parties in the Aware dispute to engage in 'responsible commentary' on the subject of sexuality education, as this is an important part of the school programme.

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