Question NW183 to the Minister of Basic Education
12 March 2020 - NW183
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1) What number of versions of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) textbooks will her department make available for teaching CSE lessons in schools for each grade; (2) will these CSE textbooks be produced in mother-tongue languages too; if so, with the exception of English, in which other additional languages will the textbooks be available?
Reply:
(1) The Department does not have a CSE textbook. The textbooks that are developed by the team are Life Skills and Life Orientation textbooks and not a CSE textbook.
(2)The Scripted Lesson Plans are not textbooks; but serve as a teacher resource to support the delivery of the Life Skills and Life Orientation section of the subject; and are currently available in English only.