Don’t introduce unlawful sexuality orientation to children—Ahlussunna By Times Reporter

The hierarchy of the Ahlussunna Wal Jama’a and the Supreme Council for Islamic Call & Research has rejected any attempt to introduce unlawful sexuality orientation to children so early in their lives.

“Morality and shyness are part of our noble identity as Ghanaians and Africans. We therefore urge our education authorities to protect our values and preserve some shyness in our little children.”

This is contained in a press statement signed by Imam Ibrahim Umar on behalf of the council copied the Ghanaian Times stating its stance on the  controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE).

“The offices of Ahlussunna Wal Jama’a and the Supreme Council for Islamic Call & Research would like to reiterate that what is imputed into children in their formative years is what is expected to reflect on their lives in their adult ages,” the statement said.

 The statement added that it was obvious that the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service did not avail Ghanaians thorough discussion and awareness before introducing the new KG-Primary Curriculum.

“Education being the foundation of life, a curriculum meant to serve as rudimental training of kids, no matter how well intentioned, should have been thoroughly discussed and a consensus arrived at,” it said.

“As matters stand now, the new curriculum has been besmeared with a tag of containing immoral teachings. It is our opinion therefore that the government withdraws it and revert to the old curriculum whilst the new curriculum is thoroughly discussed and approved when all stakeholders are satisfied about what it contains,” the statement said.

“The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) is accusing people of picking adult materials and throwing them around as part of the KG-Primary material and calls the 152,000 teachers trained across the country for the implementation of the CSE as witnesses to what training they received.

Our stand is, if the NCCA and for that matter the government had taken time to allow the curriculum to be discussed thoroughly and approved, no one could have picked adult material to deceive the public,” the statement added.

According to the statement, Ghana is a secular state but it has moral and religious culture that “cannot be dispensed with at any cost” and “it is our expectation that the government will listen to the loud voices that are echoing throughout the country like it did on the Parliamentary Chamber issue.”

FROM ALBERTO MARIO NORETTI, HO