The Director General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Prof. Samuel Ofori Obuobisah Bekoe, has publicly apologised following public outrage over controversial content on gender identity found in a senior high school teacher manual.
The content was withdrawn after nationwide distribution.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express, Prof. Bekoe said the council had no hesitation in offering an apology to the Ghanaian public after sections of the Year Two Physical Education and Health (Elective) Teacher Manual were found to be inconsistent with Ghana’s cultural values.
“When you take over a place of liability, on that note, I have no difficulty, on behalf of the organisation, apologising to the public for whatever transpired,” he said.
“But as I said, we are taking strong measures to ensure that these things do not occur.”
The apology follows NaCCA’s decision to withdraw printed copies of the manual, which had already been approved, printed with public funds and distributed to schools across the country.
The manual was developed in 2024 as a supplementary guide to support teachers delivering the new SHS curriculum introduced last academic year.
Concerns were later raised over sections discussing “gender identity”, prompting intense public criticism and calls for accountability.
Host of the programme, Evans Mensah, pressed the NaCCA Director-General to address parents directly, many of whom expressed fear that their children may have already been exposed to the content.
“There’ll be calls today for you, NaCCA, to directly apologise to Ghanaians and parents whose children have been exposed to this,” Evans said.
Source: adomonline.com
