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Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) which has been at the forefront of calls for greater consultation about proposed new Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) lesson plans for public schools today dismissed as “utter nonsense” statements by the Department of Basic Education and in certain media reports, saying that it […]
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga’s statement that parents can conditionally opt out of the new Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) curriculum is “laced with arrogance and is deceitful, disrespectful and insulting to parents”, says ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe. “For the Minister to say that parents have a choice to […]
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga raised hopes this week that concerned parents will be able to opt out of the new Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) curriculum it plans to implement in public schools next year. But, “unfortunately”, the minister’s undertaking, in a written reply to questions posed in parliament by […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) says in a press statement today that it remains concerned about the revised Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) curriculum. In a recent media statement the Department of Basic Education (DBE) says that no new content has been added to the Life Orientation subject in schools and […]
Hundreds of ACDP members and supporters – including many children – marched to the office of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in Struben Street, Pretoria yesterday. Their aim was to put a stop to government’s plan of introducing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) into the country’s Life Orientation syllabus. “Politicians,” […]
Parents of public school children have every reason to be concerned about the new Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) curriculum, says Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA), after viewing the content which has been mired in controversy and secrecy. Some of the content to which children will be exposed, and […]
South African Homeschooling organisations have accused the government of steam-rolling through a new policy on home education and a home schooling advocate foresees significant legal battles ahead over alleged serious legal shortcomings associated with the policy, says the Pestalozzi Trust (PT) in a press release. Despite a last-minute outcry by […]
FOR SA says schools should not be intimidated into not exercising their rights to practice faith, invite Christian ministries Attorneys acting for the six public schools that were targeted by activist group OGOD over their religious practices have advised that they will not be appealing the judgment delivered by the Johannesburg […]
SA Back to God’s Janet Bram-Hollis offers Christian students some prayer pointers they can apply while on campus to win back the Gate of Education:
No matter how just the cause behind student protest sweeping the country there is no justification for the loss of life, destruction of property and injury to students and others currently taking place, say Port Elizabeth church leaders. “It is now enough” and “unintentional as it [violence and destruction] may […]