Some heads of basic schools in Accra have urged Ghanaians not to be
distressed over the sex education their wards are receiving in schools because
they do not include lessons, which support the agenda of the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Gender (LGBT) advocates.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, the head teachers said the new
public school curricular had no content on LGBT, which is seen as alien to the
Ghanaian culture and also criminal.
The teachers had neither been trained to promote LGBT nor received directives
from any individual or groups in pursuance of that agenda, they said.
The GNA’s interviews follow the controversy that has ensued over fears that the
Ghana Education Service intended to implement a comprehensive sexuality education,
which include educating children on their rights to choose their sexual
preferences.
Some religious leaders and activists have taken to both social and mainstream
media to express their concerns and disapproval over any attempt to adopt
content of the CSE, being championed in some Western countries.
Officials of the United Nations Population Fund in Ghana have said the body had
supported the GES to develop guidelines on CSE for kindergarten to Junior High
School teachers to aid their efficiency.
They, however, insist that there was no plan to corrupt the morality of the
students.
The head of the Independent Avenue Basic 1 School, told the GNA that
sex education was already a part of the curricula and the content had not been
altered.
In December last year, she said, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) offered
some of the teachers some training to make them more effective in educating the
children on their sexuality and reproductive health in line with Ghanaian
values.
“Professional teachers must be skilful in how to educate children within the
various age brackets on their sexuality to protect them from abuses,” she said.
“The way I will teach a JHS student will not be the same way I will teach
the Kindergarten; the approach will be different so will the words for
communication.
“We cover topics, such as adolescence, general grooming and reproduction.”
The head of the Bishop Girls’ School also explained that she had never heard
LGBT being considered as topics in any of their workshops and was, therefore,
surprised to hear the fiery narratives on those issues over radio.
Her school, she said, was still keeping to the approved curricula.
Some heads, however, declined to be interviewed, with one of them remarking
that the media was being too sensational with the issues.GNA
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