{"id":76757,"date":"2024-09-16T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/corruption-fighting-party-wants-god-back-in-schools"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:25:00","slug":"corruption-fighting-party-wants-god-back-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/corruption-fighting-party-wants-god-back-in-schools","title":{"rendered":"Corruption-fighting party wants God back in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The National Empowerment Fighting Corruption (NEFC) party wants Bible studies reintroduced in schools.<\/b><\/p>\n

The party said this while launching its manifesto at Havana informal settlement yesterday.<\/p>\n

Party president Kenneth Iilonga said the party is consulting to amend the constitutional clause which makes Namibia a secular state.<\/p>\n

This is causing Namibia to lose direction, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NEFC wants to tackle the issue of morality in the country by advocating the reintroduction of the Bible in schools so people can respect women\u2019s dignity and everyone,\u201d Iilonga said.<\/b><\/p>\n

Political analysts, however, say the party\u2019s proposal could exclude certain groups and foster division.<\/p>\n

Henning Melber says this ambition discriminates against those with other beliefs.<\/p>\n

Melber says: \u201cThe NEFC emphasises reintroducing religious education until tertiary level, while Christian religious education in other countries have not protected these societies from moral decay.\u201d<\/p>\n

He says the Bible has been abused for all sorts of crimes against humanity in the name of Christianity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose old enough should remember what values were instilled by the Christian-national education system under apartheid based on the Bible.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Kenneth Iilonga<\/p>\n

Melber says if human rights are respected, a subject like ethics enshrined in the Constitution would be appropriate in schools.<\/p>\n

Political analyst Ben Mulongeni says the party should be inclusive.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot force people to subscribe to one religion, it is against the Constitution of a secular state that accommodates all political parties and religions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is dictatorship. You who get to enjoy the political freedom to form all these parties should not push the idea of one religion,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Pastor Lyndon van Wyk of a Khomasdal church says: \u201cPastoral care and counselling classes would do a better job at deradicalising pupils in understanding their worth while steering them in building their own identity and self-esteem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rui Tyitende says the party should re-evaluate its course on the Namibian Constitution on matters that state Namibia should be neutral on religious issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if tomorrow there is someone who believes in the devil and wants Satanism to be part of the school curriculum?\u201d he asks.<\/p>\n

Political analyst Ndumba Kamwanyah says morality should be taught through value-based education.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis approach ensures that students from various religious backgrounds, as well as those who do not subscribe to any religion, are respected and included,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Kamwanyah adds that factors such as poverty, inequality and a lack of quality education could be blamed for moral decay.<\/p>\n

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