NORSAAC Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) with Ghana Education Service (GES)

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Sex education has been a shy away topic for many Africans, dating back to the good old days, some considered sex education an abomination hence restricting children and some adult from talking about sex in public or to young adolescence children. Parents absolutely should talk to their children about their feelings about sex, the same way they should talk to their children about other big decisions in their lives. The student learning the biology of sex does not take away from the ever-important role of the parent.


Unfortunately,in this 21 century, there are too many misconceptions about what a sexual education class actually does. These misunderstandings have led to parents and conservative school boards to restrict what teachers are allowed to tell students in class, leaving students unprepared to be responsible about their sexual activity.

The Northern Sector Action on Awareness Center (NORSAAC) was founded in 2002 as a gender focused community-based advocacy organisation mobilizing youth to discuss and find ways of addressing sexual and reproductive health issues in schools. Since then, NORSAAC has taken a greater interest in sustainable livelihoods for youth and women, while integrating reproductive health issues and women’s rights and participation.


NORSAAC in partnership with AXIS are training 5 district officers each of the Ghana Education Service in all 26 district in the Northern Region to equip them with knowledge and skills as technical officers on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) so as to provide step down training to the teachers in all schools in each district and supervise how they inculcate it in their regular lessons as co- curricular.
The Ongoing is the training of Ghana Education Service (GES) Technical Teams on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) currently in Yendi, West Mamprusi and Tamale clusters.
There are some parents who feel that it is their place to teach their children about sex, not the teacher.

According to Lisa Winter article on 5 Misconceptions AboutSexual Education, she wrote '' mythsabout sexual education that need to be cleared up, for the good of students everywhere:
Teachers are not qualified to teach sexual education. It should be left to the parents.

Not all students have a solid home life where there's someone who can talk to them about the realities of sex, making their education at school all the more invaluable. Additionally, even students who have a strong family may benefit from having a different adult to ask questions to that they might not feel comfortable asking at home. A teacher trained in biology is also a great resource for answering some of the more technical aspects of reproduction''.. Lisa Winter continued 

'' Sexual education is a necessity for teenagers, and the unfortunate reality is that too many school systems across the United States are failing their students. It's time to let go of these misconceptions and focus on a fact-based that is beneficial for everyone.
The purpose of a good sexual education program is to teach students about the biology of reproductive organs, how pregnancy happens, how diseases are spread, and how to prevent these undesired outcomes from happening. Humans are sexual creatures and a good sex  programs should give students all the tools they need to make healthy and responsible choices''..

Many believe Sex programs encourage teens to have sex, Lisa Winter  believes this is another myth, she explained that '' These programs don't promote high schoolers to have sex; they just let them know about all of their options if and when they decide to become sexually active. Knowledge is power.
There are many students who will wish to remain virgins until they are married, which is perfectly fine. Sexual education classes are meant to be informative about how reproduction works and how to make the best choices about having sex. Besides, even if some students choose to wait until marriage to have sex, they might not choose to have children right away, so knowing how to prevent pregnancy will still be worthwhile to learn.



While there is a push to decrease the amount of judgement that sexually active students receive, cutting down on that isn't disrespectful to those who are abstinent.


Each student, regardless of their decision to become sexually active or not, should have a comprehensive education about how to maintain their health. Just because some students won't have to apply all of the information they learn in sex ed is no reason to withhold it from those who would benefit from it.'' 

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