Morally distasteful
South Africa
It is very disgusting
to constantly learn about the series of sex shenanigans in our school in
particular public schools. One of the best public servants in the country,Gauteng’s
MEC for Education Barbra Creecy has alluded to the fact she receives six cases
of sex in public schools every day, to
make things worst this nauseating activities are performed by younger leaners
some of them are 10 years and younger let alone toddlers.
Gauteng is one of
the best performing provinces in terms of Matric results (Last year they
toppled Western Province as the best performing province). And one expects discipline, proper ethics and
constructive morals from this Province, but that is not the case because sex
videos, child porn and rapes have overshadowed Gauteng’s academic excellence.
It was reported on Mail and Guardian that pupils in Gauteng schools have
ventured into porn business as they exchange sex videos and most of them are
child porn staff. We must not forget that child porn is a crime in this country
and since these immoral activities are taking place in our schools where our
children are supposed to learn about human morals and ethics we expect those
who propagate such acts to be prosecuted. Be that as it may, school educators
are also involved in some of these shameful activities.
Yes, we are
talking about parents to these children teachers are meant to play a pivotal
guardian role at our schools but most of them are doing the contrary as they
perpetuate these acts. It was recently reported that some educators promise
poor learners to get good academic results only if they agree to sleep with
them and some of the leaners sleep with them in exchange for money and other
material purposes.
What happened to
the morally grounded South Africa? What happened to our passionate society,
where orphans were not feeling the wrath of parentless because the next door
parents would serve as their guardians? What happened to our ethically astute
citizens? What happened to the spirit of Ubuntu and camaraderie?
We cannot keep on
playing a proverbial blame game with our government because real South Africans
were taking care of themselves during the difficult times of apartheid
government. Indeed we have lost our ground concerning morality. Our kids are
seeing reckless sexual activities as stepping stone to better life because they
hear such barbaric advice from the elders who see them as mere sex objects. Why
is sex the most sought after activity? Kids no longer resort to vintage games
and plays to past time as they see that as old-fashioned and they unfortunately
resort to porn star to be activities.
To remedy this atrocious
situation, I strongly believe that our Education system must incorporate
African morals and ethics. Learners must be taught how to live as Africans and
forget about what they see on tv American programmes. Our Education system must
prioritise building a responsible person rather than producing a best student
that is living a reckless life but after all that would be a futile exercise.
If we do not teach our children about their history and importance of
self-respect we are as good as dead as a country because our future would look
as bleak as never before. Another important aspect that needs to be addressed
meticulously is Sport and Recreation; our education system must embrace the
brotherhood that sport brings in the society by ensuring that our children
spent most of their spare time playing sport than fidgeting the mobile gadgets.
Because in sport and recreation there is education as well mainly due to the
fact that all sporting codes need substantial discipline, team work and passion
to work towords a common goal.
