Pressure mounted on the Ghana government to withdraw (CSE) programme

Many Ghanaians on social media are calling on the abolishment of Comprehensive Sexuality Education curriculum (CSE) programme launched the government of Ghana and the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The programme aims to empower adolescents and young people to deepen their scope of existing activities to attain a Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE).

It would support the delivery of good quality CSE that empowers adolescents and young people to deepen the scope of existing activities to attain an almost full-scale implementation of CSE in six countries also known as the Programme Acceleration Countries – Ghana, Eswatini, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, the Education Ministry has said.

Over 20 million learners in 64,000 primary and secondary schools are expected to be reached on the Programme, as well as 47,000 preservice teachers and 367,000 in-service teachers.

The Concerned Teachers Association of Ghana says teachers in the country are not aware of the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education curriculum which is starting next academic year.

In an interview with Accra based Starr FM station on Monday, Adokwei Awuley, Communications. Dir. for the Coalition of Concerned Teachers said most teachers have no knowledge of the new subject.

“This topic for primary school is something new for all of us. How to teach 10 year old among others how to carry pregnancy? we don’t much about it. We also heard and saw on social media”.