Students in Lower Saxony ask a member of parliament for the CDU, shall be vacated. She had expressed reservations about the proposed sex education reform. But the students want that “sexual diversity” is anchored in the classroom.
The plans of the Lower Saxony government for sex education are the CDU parliamentary deputies Karin Bertholdes-Sandrock not safe. If children are really informed about what, for example, “transsexual” means? Should homosexuals in the classroom tell them what it feels like discrimination? Better not, says Bertholdes-Sandrock, a professional school teacher for German and politics. She believes the issue on appeal to the young people.
Students representatives in Lower Saxony find outrageous. “That woman Bertholdes-Sandrock says that it was irresponsible to leave Students unsupervised with homosexuals is really sad and highly discriminatory. It shocked me,” said Helge Feußahrens, chairman of the National Students Council of Lower Saxony. Students find that MPs should therefore resign from the mandate.
A planned reform of sex education in Lower Saxony provides to anchor the teaching of tolerance in the education plan. Homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexuality and intersexuality in schools should “be addressed binding”. It says so in a resolution of the summer, on the basis of a law currently being developed.
“Enlightenment projects are extremely popular”
Bertholdes-Sandrock had demanded that one should not invite unattended in classrooms gays and lesbians. “In no case may be, for example, that gays and lesbians in the classes occur only towards the children”, the “Northwest newspaper” had quoted the politician. In an interview with Had Bertholdes-Sandrock her statement into perspective., Your call for the presence of a teacher refers to all external guests.
The planned reform of sex education should apply to all schools in Lower Saxony and regulate many new details. Will, for example, textbooks are selected according to whether they take into account the diversity of sexual identities.
“We want answers to these questions. University education projects are always super arrived in students, says Tjark Melchert by the National Student Council.” We are delighted with the request of the government and welcome the measures provided. I believe that this helps to combat discrimination in schools sustainable. ”
Earlier this year, had also announced plans to enshrine “sexual diversity” in education plan in Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Culture. Christian-conservative forces had there then poked antipathies and collected in an online petition votes against reform.
[adrotate banner=”26″]
