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A former deputy Minister of Education and Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has disclosed that the government has received the first tranche of $22million meant for the implementation of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE).

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that an office has been set up by the Education Ministry at the Dzorwulu office of UNESCO to execute the teaching of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE).

According to him Ghana is the lead and part of six countries called the Programme Acceleration Countries(PAC) to implement the programme which was rejected by some other countries like; Angola, Uganda.

"Ghana is the lead nation, Eswatini is there, Malawi is there, Tanzania is also there, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These are the six Programme Acceleration Countries. We are part of this model countries where this Western nations supporting this agenda says our government had agreed that they have the political will to implement this Sexuality Education . . .with this six countries, the Swedish government has committed $22million to support this inititiative . . . I have all the documentation. UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) is providing technical assistance . . ." he told Kwame Nkrumah on Okay FM. 

"The whole thing is being shrouded in a clever and secret way . . . our government should be transparent," he added.

He added that the UNFPA is not happy with the Education Minister's stance and press conference days ago. 

"One of the purposes of the funds is to overcome social resistance," he stated.

He has therefore pleaded with government to withdraw the CSE to protect the country’s cultural and moral values.

Education Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has said the government has not approved the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) document for use by teachers in basic schools.

“The Ministry would like to state categorically that . . . the curriculum framework for KG-P6 that has been approved by Cabinet from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment [NaCCA] for use in the development of school curricula and published on the NaCCA website does not include anything on Comprehensive Sexuality Education,” the Minister said at a press conference on Tuesday.

At the press conference on Tuesday, the Minister maintained the National Council for Curriculum Assessment has also not submitted to the Ministry any document relating to the CSE which has invoked strong public sentiments.

He told journalists that the subject is not a component of the curriculum for the year which is already in motion.

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh maintained that the training for teachers for the rollout of the curriculum this year did not include issues relating to CSE.

When asked about the CSE guideline document making rounds and purported to be coming from the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Minister says as far as he is concerned, there is no document emanating from his Ministry and none, so far as he is concerned, has been approved for use anywhere.

Watch interview below