MORALITY EDUCATION SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN SCHOOLS

I am pleasured to be granted a space in your widely read newspaper to address the issue of proposals to ban other religions being taught in schools.

The teaching of religion as a whole is confusing as the teaching of different religions in society. In the Christian religion, there are many denominations.
So if Christianity is the religion being proposed to be taught, which denomination will it be?
Evangelism, Catholicism, or Zionist? Won’t it also cause confusion to the teachers and pupils who do not belong to them?
Thus, from my perspective and many others, I think religion as a whole should not be taught in schools, but in places of religion, Morality education should be introduced and taught. Religion or doctrinal teachings should be taught at homes and in churches or mosques.

All the religions presently being taught in schools have one thing in common, ‘moral values’, thus it would be wise to teach moral values instead of religion.
These moral ethics may include the usual: do not steal, do not lie, do not commit adultery and fornication, respect parents and the elderly, regard for the neighbour, the poor and the destitute, and so many others.
These are all common values and no one will be confused, rather children will be saved from immorality.
Morality education in schools will reduce if not eradicate the high rate of schoolchildren, as young as Grade III, engaging in immoral acts.

One may think that these children learn such immoral behaviours from their peers, but the truth is no, they do not. They act the way they do because they have no morality training at all. In most African homes, sex education is like a contagious disease that parents and children are afraid to talk about, thus through morality education, this can be tackled in schools.
It is us humans who create our own society, thus it is best to stop religious bias and tackle the issues of immorality together as a large society, who want the best for ourselves and our children, who are the future leaders.
This can only be achieved through morality education. Where best to establish this if not in schools, where children spend more of their time? 

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