PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN PNG EDUCATION

Many men of this nation have a primitive and violent understanding of love making and sex. Many women do not know any better. Who will teach them? Lesbians will teach the young girls to become lesbian lovers.

Government of Papua New Guinea should be proud of the Personal Development curriculum that has been in place for over a decade despite the rejection of the Outcome Based Education strategy.

The community used to be told that violence in the community is the result of parents not training their children in positive values. This is only partly true particularly in broken homes.

The preparation of children is very much in the hands of teachers many of whom are Christian and married with children. It is a natural progression to promote the rights and responsibilities of family members.

Foreign advisors of the UN and AusAID can have limited input with their focus on rights without responsibilities.

Personal Development in grade 10 focuses on reproduction and sexual health, rights, responsibilities, relationships, family planning, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, family relationships, developing identity, values and health through nutrition and fitness.

The Grade 11 curriculum emphasizes role models, rights, responsibilities, social issues, gender inequality, sexual harassment, homophobic bullying, corruption and dishonesty.

The program has to be given time for the young people to mature to adulthood, marry and raise children of their own.

For a new generation of young adults, family violence may die a natural death after the school lifetime of Personal Development education.

If we allow the foreign gays, lesbians and paedophiles to control the curriculum, they will focus on gay and lesbian rights, same sex marriage, abuse of women and girls, violence of men with rights, rights, rights, rights and more rights.

My only criticism of the curriculum is that there is focus on reproduction but no focus on the joy of love in marriage and the pleasure of love making.

Many PNG men and women know very little of the importance of gentle love making and orgasm for men and women.

I have raised the matter with teachers and they express fear that it will promote widespread sexual experimentation among students. 

We do not want the Personal Development program to be the cause of widespread pregnancy among school girls. Perhaps the teachers are right in their fear.

But then who will teach the joy of married love if the teachers do not? Most PNG women and men have no idea of orgasm for women. There is no one to teach them if the teachers do not.