Parents and Christian groups in Ghana have pushed back against a planned introduction of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for primary school children aged four.
Education officials in Ghana say the Unesco programme will empower children with information on their sexuality and reproductive health issues.
Director of the Ghana Education Service says CSE will help "nurture positive attitudes, open-mindedness, respect for self and others, non-judgmental attitudes and a sense of responsibility concerning sexual and reproductive health issues".
But pressure groups in Ghana say the programme is a guise to introduce children to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activism.
“It is a strategy - they have a plan. It is not always open for you to see,” says Moses Foh Amoaning, leader of National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, a pressure group that claims homosexuality is a sin.
Parents and Christian groups are questioning why young children have to be introduced to sex education before they are sexually active, describing the plans as "demonic".
Leaders of Ghana’s teachers association say they have not been consulted on the programme but have served notice that they are opposed to the move.
The CSE programme is set to take effect after consultations with stakeholders in the education sector.
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IT WILL NOT HAPPEN,AND IF THEY PUSH,I WILL WITHDRAW MY KIDS FROM THEIR SCHOOL,AND GIVE THEM HOME TUITION.NONE SENSE!!!!!
BBC YOU ARE WRONG OO THE CSE OR WHATEVER WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT IN THIS COUNTRY OF OURS. THIS A DEMOCRATIC NATION AND THE MASSES VIEW MUST BE LISTENED.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM BBC, HOW MUCH DID OUR DEAR NANA AND NPP ACCEPT FROM THE G8 TO INTRODUCE THIS? HOW MUCH DID YOU PEOPLE PAY GHANAIAN TO INTRODUCE THIS TO 4 YR OLDS? IT A SHAME HOW WE ACCEPT MONEY JUST TO INTRODUCE KILLER POLICIES
Ghanaians please shine your eyes for this move is abominable and will attract God's wrath. What do we want kraaaaaaaa!
Money for death
When these things happen all other religious groups in Ghana will keep quite, leaving only Christians to battle it. Its a shame. Let's learn to come together to do what is right for our nation
NPP ne gyimi ! You want to introduce this nonononsense thing into our education system and after that you take your golden kids to GIS and the likes abi. The thunder will fire you this people and your generation enn. ***barred word*** ARA KWAA KWA!
Sometimes i don't understand how our leaders think of mother Ghana. Must we always have to accept everything at all from these western countries...Clearly this CSE programme does not reflect out culture and values...and i will entreat all teachers n parents to put down their tool and demonstrate to make sure that this CSE thing is left on the table of the Minister of Education
Why can't we trust ourselves and do what is good for us.The Asia's do not depended on the west for their development .Look at China moving and other Asian states .The west are develop state and wants turn into God .Please they are well developed heading towards destruction.If guns were hold cheaply in AFRICA as it done over there imagine what could happen to us .Let our leaders seat done and draft good things which can help us in the near future .