A/HRC/43/50/Add.3 E. Secondary Schools - educational objectives - general requirements: I. Deepening the knowledge related to family functions, love, friendship, performing marriage and parental roles, human sexuality, procreation, abilities to take responsible decisions concerning life choices, marriage and family. II. Developing skills of resolving problems related to puberty, adolescence and life choices; ability to consciously create one’s own personality. III. Getting a better understanding of oneself and one’s immediate environment; ability to search for answers for questions about the essence of humanity, sense, goals and life tasks IV. Adopting a positive attitude towards human life, persons with disabilities and sickness; preparation, based on knowledge and developed skills, to respect the dignity of human life and mature functioning in the family. V. Knowledge of basic rules of conduct in the sphere of human sexuality and fertility; shaping pro-health, pro-social and family-friendly attitudes. Teaching contents - the detailed requirements of these classes include 6 thematic sections: Family, Adolescence, Human Sexuality, Life as a Fundamental Value, Fertility, Attitudes. Education for family life classes in public schools take 14 hours in each school year for students of particular classes. Five of these hours are conducted separately for girls and boys. If a lesson is conducted for joint class groups, it cannot count more than 28 pupils. In private schools on the powers of public schools Education for family life classes, take no less hours then in public schools. Unlike other school subjects Education for family life classes are conducted on obligatory basis (a principal of a school is responsible for introducing and realization of this classes) however they are not obligatory for pupils. The voluntary character of Education for family life classes results from the respect for the role of parents as first and most important educators of their children and is a consequence of Polish constitutional order which gives priority of parents in upbringing of their children in accordance with their values and beliefs. This is regulated by Article 48 (1) and Article 53 (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland from 2 April 1997 . The parent's superior position is also taken into account by international documents, including Art. 26 (3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which stresses that parents have a prior right to choose the education that is offered to their children. The Minister of National Education guarantees parents respect for their rights by placing in the ordinance of 10 August 2009, amending the ordinance on the method of school teaching and the scope of content regarding knowledge about human sex life, about the principles of conscious and responsible parenthood, about the value of the family, life in phase prenatal, and methods and means of conscious procreation contained in the general education curriculum, the following provision: An underage student does not take part in the classes if his parents (legal guardians) notify the school principal in writing of the resignation from the student's participation in the classes. However, an adult student may report this resignation himself. Education for family life is a particular activity that also requires teacher to meet parents. The principal is responsible for conducting the meetings according to § 5 (1 and 2) of Regulation of the Minister of National Education of 12 August 1999 on the method of school teaching and the scope of content regarding knowledge about human sex life, the principles of conscious and responsible parenthood, the value of the family, life in the prenatal phase and methods and means of conscious procreation contained in the basis general education program, according to which "(...) before starting the classes, the teacher conducting the classes together with the tutor conducts at least one information meeting with parents of underage students and with adult students. The teacher is obliged to provide full information about the aims and content of the curriculum, school textbooks and teaching aids. The principal is responsible for organizing such meetings. 17