VOTE: Should swimming lessons be compulsory children?
It is national learn to swim week - should swimming lessons be compulsory?
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THIS week is National learn to swim week - an inaugural awareness week aimed at education parents on the importance of teaching kids under the age of five to swim.
Worldwide, drowning is the number one cause of accidental death in children under the age if five years old.
Learn to swim week is run from October 2 to 9 during the school holidays.
Should swimming lessons be compulsory for school children?
Originally published as VOTE: Should swimming lessons be compulsory children?
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