Earlier this year I started to see posts on social media urging me to sign a petition against CSE (Comprehensive Sexuality education) being implemented in our SA curriculum. It’s not the first time this petition has done the rounds on social media. I had seen some of the American videos […]
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FOR SA refutes ‘false statements’ by DBE, continues to call for parents to have say on sex education
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 […]
Motshekga statement arrogant, insulting to parents — Meshoe
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’s answers on sexuality education raise more questions
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 […]
WATCH: Why you need to speak up on sexuality education now!
Parents, school governing body and teacher organisations, and political parties are up in arms about the Department of Basic Education’s lack of consultation on implementing Comprehensive Sexuality Education. But the department itself appears to have adopted a dismissive attitude and is happy with its level of consultation, says Freedom of […]
FOR SA stands by concerns about sex-education curriculum
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 […]
‘Don’t impose your immorality on our children’, says Meshoe at protest march
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,” […]
Parts of new sex-ed curriculum ‘nothing less than soft porn’, says FOR SA
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 […]
Department forging ahead with CSE without proper consultation, says ACDP
The ACDP is not convinced by the response it has received from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to the important question regarding the content of the new Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) curriculum, it says in a media statement released yesterday. “As a result, we have requested a meeting with […]
Your guide on what to do about CSE — Lee-Ann Viljoen
With the Department of Basic Education poised to implement Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) throughout South Africa next year, many parents and society, in general, are feeling ignored, anxious and powerless due to the lack of information about what will be taught. In this article, Lee-Ann Viljoen, highlights constructive action people […]