Church opposes education on sex
By Moses Njagih
The Catholic Church has opposed the planned introduction of sex education in the schools’ curriculum.
The church voiced concern over the ongoing talks to introduce sex education in the current system of education as a way of curbing immorality, which is rife among the youth.
The church’s top organ, the Kenya Episcopal Conference, said the introduction of sex education was not the remedy to the deteriorating moral standards.
The conference chairman, Archbishop John Njue, said on the contrary, sex education may increase the immoral behaviour among the youth.
After the recent shocking statistics, which showed increased moral decay among the youth, some stakeholders have been fronting the introduction of sex education in schools’ curriculum as a measure to curb the rot.
But the Catholic Church said it was opposed to sex education in learning institutions and rubbished it as the solution to the problem.
Njue called for concerted efforts, especially among parents and teachers, to reverse the trend. He was speaking at Mweiga Secondary School in Kieni where he was the guest of honour during a harambee in aid of the institution.
The area MP, Dr Chris Murungaru, also attended the function.
On politics, Njue once again lashed out at the current crop of politicians, who he termed as selfish and insensitive to the needs of the electorate.
He said this was clearly manifested in the wrangles that keep rocking political parties.
