{"id":111158,"date":"2026-01-15T04:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=111158"},"modified":"2026-01-15T04:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:39:00","slug":"we-warned-them-nagrat-says-nacca-knew-of-problem-before-public-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=111158","title":{"rendered":"We warned them \u2013 NAGRAT says NaCCA knew of problem before public outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) knew about the controversial content in a Senior High School teacher manual long before public outrage forced its withdrawal.<\/p>\n

Jacob Anaba told Joy News\u2019 PM Express on Wednesday that the issue was not new and should never have appeared in any teaching material, given the earlier national backlash over similar content.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you recall, in 2017, this was put in the curriculum, and we all raised hue and cry about it,\u201d he said. \u201cThe government promised they were removing it in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the reappearance of the issue was deeply troubling.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo one will be very surprised that if you lived in Ghana at that time, you would even contemplate putting it in any document,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we are even surprised to hear that it is in the manual and not in the curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n

NaCCA recently withdrew printed copies of the Year Two Physical Education and Health (Elective) Teacher Manual after admitting that sections on \u201cgender identity\u201d did not align with Ghanaian culture, norms and values. <\/p>\n

The manual was developed in 2024 to support teachers implementing the new SHS curriculum introduced last academic year. <\/p>\n

It had already been approved, printed with public funds and distributed nationwide before concerns were raised. A revised version has since been released, which NaCCA says reflects national values and a biological understanding of gender.<\/p>\n

Mr Anaba suggested the inclusion of the content could not have been accidental.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who put it in the manual must be a group of people who do not want the Ghana we have,\u201d he said. \u201cOr they are bent on destroying the cultural identity of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said teachers were the first to flag the problem when they eventually discovered it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was discovered this year, and teachers raised issues about it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt came to our attention, and we wrote to NaCCA indicating our displeasure about what we have found in the manual.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that the nature of the subject made early detection difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see, PE is a subject that is not broadly taught,\u201d he said. \u201cThe number of teachers in the school is one or two, so it becomes difficult for us to easily discover it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, once NaCCA was alerted, the association expected swift corrective action.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when it was discovered, we were informed, and we indicated that to NaCCA,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we speak, they have asked that the books should be withdrawn from the schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Host Evans Mensah pressed Mr Anaba on NaCCA\u2019s response after NAGRAT formally wrote to the council.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe response was that they were correcting them,\u201d Mr Anaba said. \u201cThey were making sure that those definitions would be expunged from the manual.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked whether NaCCA explained how the content found its way into the manual, Mr Anaba linked it to earlier processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering that this happened in 2017, there was a backlash, and we were promised it wouldn\u2019t happen again,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they have somehow sneaked into the manual.\u201d<\/p>\n

He referenced comments by the NaCCA Director General on the same programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like the Director-General explained, he said he came and met it,\u201d Mr Anaba said. \u201cThey had already started preparing the manual. So he came and met it.\u201d<\/p>\n

NAGRAT, however, rejected that explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe said that we cannot hold,\u201d he said, adding that the association insisted the content be removed entirely from the manual.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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