Overview
- The Education Ministry, which published Viceministerial Resolution No. 085-2026-MINEDU in the official gazette on Monday, revoked the 2021 rules for comprehensive sex education.
- The resolution orders the National Curriculum and all regional curricula to remove any reference to Educación Sexual Integral and to apply new guidance framed as scientific, biological and ethical.
- The measure cites Law No. 32535 as its legal basis, a statute passed in December 2025 that directs the ministry to issue the new guidelines.
- Human rights groups and some lawmakers criticized the shift, saying it lacks technical support and could strip classroom content on sexual diversity, gender identity and anti-discrimination.
- The ministry now begins the implementation phase, which will reshape lesson plans and teacher guidance across regions and replace a 2016 approach that taught skills and values for healthy, informed decisions about sexuality.