Schools have begun hiring external vendors to teach sexuality education programmes in schools again, after the Ministry of Education (MOE) suspended such programmes since in May last year.

The suspension followed the discovery that the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) had breached its guidelines.

According to the Straits Times, eight schools so far have selected external consultants to run these programmes for their students.

They include North Vista Secondary School (NVSS), Woodlands Secondary School, Serangoon Secondary School and Zhenghua Secondary School.

The approved consultants so far are High Achievers Training Consultancy, Fei Yue Community Services, Cornerstone Community Services Centre, Focus on the Family Singapore, Eka Training Group and Touch Youth.