As the debate on whether or not to implement Comprehensive Sexuality Education, (CSE), in schools continues, the Ghana Education Service, (GES), Ministry of Education and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment have been charged to engage extensively all partners on the issue before being rolled out finally.
President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, Rev. Professor Paul Frimpong-Manso said when this is done, clarity will be brought to bear.
President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu who also backed the idea for broader consultations on the CSE, denied having prior knowledge of the guidelines.
He said some members of NAGRAT have hinted of plans to boycott the program due to its open-endedness.
In a related development, the Management of GES, says its attention has been drawn to discussions on various media platforms over allegations that the GES is introducing explicit sexual information to children under the guise of Comprehensive Sexual Education.
A statement signed by Head of Public Relations Unit at the GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, expressed surprise at the wild speculations and claims.
It said the new Standard Based Curriculum being implemented has nothing to do with LGBT issues, masturbation as well as labelling of explicit body parts.
It added that the CSE does not seek to throw out advocacy for Sexual abstinence, but rather seeks to reinforce it. The statement notes that UN member states are mandated to roll CSE in accordance with cultural norms and values.
The GES assures the public that no special sessions have been organised or will ever be organised by the Service to train student as avocates for sexual rights, let alone LGBT rights which are culturally, socially, legally, morally and religiously alien to Ghana.
