The Secretary of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Rev. Father Michael Quaecoo, has disclosed that the Conference is seeking firm assurances from the Government that comprehensive sexuality education will not be introduced into the school curriculum.
This follows concerns over curriculum development after LGBTQ-related content appeared in a senior high school teachers’ manual.
Speaking on Campus Exclusive on January 20, 2026, Rev. Father Quaecoo stated that the Conference will not accept any disguised attempts to introduce comprehensive sexuality education, describing it as contrary to Ghanaian values.
“That we are not going to have this come up again, because you should remember that it is not the first time that such tendencies have raised their heads in our curriculum. There was a time when there was an attempt to introduce comprehensive sexuality education, which was also fought vehemently by the Ghanaian people, with contributions from the Conference. So it has come under various guises, and none of us is naïve about the fact that there are influences.”
He further emphasised that education should be holistic, focusing on the overall development of students, and should therefore include the cultivation of moral values.
In this regard, he noted that every Ghanaian has both the right and the responsibility to contribute to the delivery of education, regardless of background or belief.
“Even if the missions didn’t have schools, as Ghanaians they would still have a voice in articulating what we believe are the traditional understandings of what life must be, because education is not merely the imparting of knowledge. It is also the formation of character that makes one a holistic individual, contributing both to the development of the country and to the image and identity of what it means to be Ghanaian. So everyone has a right and an obligation to contribute, whether one is of a religious persuasion or not.”
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Story by Chelsy Asare | univers.ug.edu.gh
Edited by Gabriel Tecco Mensah
