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The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) is against introduction of sex education in primary schools saying it will pollute young learners morals.
Head of the ACK church in Kenya Archbishop Jackson ole Sapit said introduction of sex education to children is catastrophic adding that it is likely to introduce them to early sex.
Speaking at St Paul’s University in Limuru during the institution’s 25 graduation ceremony last Friday, the cleric said sex education is a sensitive matter which calls for thorough consultations and input from all the education stakeholders.
He challenged the youth to desist from engaging in immorality and instead come up with new ideas to overcome the enormous challenges they are likely to face. He also challenged the youth to transform their way of thinking by shifting the ‘beggar mentality’ and break the culture of dependency and instead find their way to self-reliance.
St Paul’s University chancellor Rev Dr Samuel Kobia hailed the government for recognising role of the private sector in the provision of education in the country.
“We commend the move by the government to expand opportunities of access to higher education by placing government sponsored students with private universities because this will not only minimise the long idle holiday by Form Four leavers before joining university but also provide more students with an opportunity to study courses of their choice and ultimately pursue their dream careers,” he said.
He cautioned the graduates against becoming enslaved to the culture of instant gratification as they run away from the apparent cutthroat competition in all spheres of life. Meanwhile, Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB) has embarked on a plan to have a uniform curriculum for all Technical Training Institutes to improve the standards of courses offered.
Speaking at Kenya Industrial Training Institute, Nakuru during a one-day seminar attended by heads of various TTIs, managing director Victor Lomaria said that the institutes have been left behind since their inception.
“For a longtime book publishers have not focused on producing books targeting these institutions and we have seen they need to be considered,” he said. The seminar also brought different authors where they discussed the appropriateness of the books that were recently launched by the publisher.
“We want to see authors come up with books that are more appropriate to this level of studies to ensure the students acquire the necessary skills,” he added. He noted that the pyramid for educated people in Kenya has rendered many jobless and reforms are necessary to make the system more appropriate.
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