On Thursday night, September 14th, an elementary school in the French-speaking Belgian municipality of Charleroi was set on fire—the sixth school to suffer that fate in just two days.
Investigators suspect that the fires can be traced back to negative reactions to a decree—approved earlier that week—on sex education lessons in schools in Wallonia and Brussels.
Under the so-called ‘Evras’ (Éducation à la Vie Relationnelle, Affective et Sexuelle) decree, for two hours each year, French-speaking pupils (in the sixth grade of primary school, ages 11-12, and fourth grade of secondary school, ages 15-16) have to be taught about sexuality, relationships and emotions.
