The department of basic education has approached the issue of sex education in the wrong way. Encroaching on the rights of parents regarding what their kids are taught about sex is not the way to go, writes Mary de Haas
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The department’s authoritarian approach suggests that it has not consulted widely enough with either teachers or parents, and it is encroaching on the rights of parents to decide what their children should be taught about sex, and by whom. The programme was devised by the late Ruth Keech, an experienced marriage and family therapist at what was then Marriage Guidance from the 1970s.
Education for Living was grounded in the experience gained by social workers in the field of marriage and family therapy, which included sexual problems, but Keech also read widely on moral philosophy and all the topics covered in the syllabus, taking into account relevant background influences in the pre-1994 racially segregated schools.
Discussions about relevant issues, led by the presenter, followed and included topics such as basic human needs, goals in life, gender relationships and the central importance of values, including those governing sex . While all these topics are ideally best handled in small groups, it is essential that proper training in dealing with group processes is given to ensure that no coercion or bullying takes place .
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