The Minister for Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh says Ghana will get to a point of adopting the Comprehensive Sexuality Education, CSE, programme for basic schools.
The Minister said even though we are not at the level of adopting it now we will do so in future but it will be culturally sensitive so it does not affect our values.
The Minister on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, stated categorically that the much talked about CSE programme was not included in the 2019 curriculum for basic schools after several criticisms from a section of the public concerning the idea.
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Mr Prempeh in an interview with Peace FM today which was played on Joy FM admitted that Ghana in future will adopt the CSE programme but will only pick materials that conform with our culture and values.
"The Director-General of GES said the CSE must be culturally sensitive. if in America a child has been abused because of this CSE being taught, it does not mean the same thing will happen in Ghana. Every country must choose materials that are culturally sensitive and inculcate in their curriculum but Ghana as a nation hasn't gotten to that point, so even though we will get there, as at now we are not there," he said.
The Minister during his press briefing yesterday said that the National Council for Curriculum Assesment (NCCA) which is the body that looks at documents have not submitted any such curriculum to the Ministry of Education for approval.
The Comprehensive Sexual Education programme is expected to equip pupils to know and experience their sexuality.
If the CSE is implemented, at age six, Primary one pupils will be introduced to values and societal norms and how to interact with the different sexes and groups.
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He clarified that even though in February this year he joined UNESCO to launch a programme, it was on general sex education and not a Comprehensive Sexual Education programme subject being adopted by his Ministry.
Cultural Sensitivity
Cultural sensitivity is being aware that cultural differences and similarities between people exist without assigning them a value – positive or negative, better or worse, right or wrong.
It simply means that you are aware that people are not all the same and that you recognize that your culture is no better than any other culture. A challenge, if you ask me, for members of dominant cultures.
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