A Christian group by the name Association of Christian Schools in Nigeria (ACSN), has praised the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, for ordering the removal of sex education from basic education curriculum.
ACSN in a communique issued at the end of its 5th General Assembly with the theme; “Christian Education and the Challenges of our Time: Need to be Focused and Productive”, said the introduction of sex education in schools would promote moral decadence among minors in the society
The communique signed by the association’s National President, Dr Ekaete Ettang, and issued on Friday in Jos, noted that parent should be the ones to teach sex education at homes instead of schools, saying the supposed sex education to be included in the curriculum was alien to Nigerian culture.
“We thank the minister of education for directing the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), to remove sex education from the basic education curriculum.
“No doubt it is an attempt at globalisation, for which we may see some benefits in terms of preparing our children to compete favourably in the global market, but it cannot be at the expense of the moral values that hold us together as a people.
“Our children do not need to be homosexuals or transgenders to be great people; they can be what they want to be without the dangers of corrupt values, which alter the essence of who we are and what we represent.
“We are not against foreign ideas, but we have seen the effects of allowing sex education to be taught in schools, we have have seen what it did to families over there, and we don’t want it here,” ACSN stated in the communiqué.
The association called on parents to up their game and give more attention to children at home, by teaching them the basics about sex.
“Parents should stop running after money and return to base, to ensure proper basic education for their children at homes.
“We believe if proper sex education is taught at homes, it will go a long way in addressing our fears,” ACSN stated.
It also urged religious bodies to move into schools to take on sex education from moral and spiritual perspectives.