National convention against sex education in Delhi

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National convention against sex education in Delhi

" Don't impose degenerate western culture on Indian schools "

Report by Pramod Kumar

Justice R.C. Lahoti said India has not given HIV/AIDS to the world.

If the world had followed the Indian tradition of one wife or one

husband, this disease would not have developed at all. He said 64.8

per cent teenage girls in Britain were pregnant in 1998 and it is

increasing at a rate of four per cent every year. It is 83 per cent

in America.

Former Union HRD Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi viewed that sex

education would transform the student-teacher relation into that of a

man and a woman and it appears the government wants to import the

western culture of sexual relations between students and teachers

into India. He said introduction of sex education is what

multinationals did to create the desire for sex among teenagers to

sell their products.

Top educationists, scholars, senior politicians, social activists and

reputed intellectuals including former Chief Justice of India Shri

R.C. Lahoti and representatives from Jains, Sikhs, Muslims,

Christians and several other communities have strongly warned the

Union HRD Ministry and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

not to introduce sex education in the name of Adolescent Education

Programme at all.

Speaking at a national convention held in New Delhi on July 14 under

the chairmanship of noted Jain saint Shri Vijayratnasunder Surishwar,

they along with the representatives of 26 other organisations warned

the government not to play with the fire of sex education under the

influence of some global conspirators. " We shall take all steps

including demonstration against NCERT and CBSE, countrywide protest

meetings and mass awareness programmes, raising the issue in

Parliament and filing cases in the court, to stop the government from

taking such a disastrous and suicidal step, " the convention

unanimously declared.

Speaking at the convention, Shri Surishwar said if the sex education

was introduced in any form, episodes like Nithari village would

repeat in every school and locality of the country. He said just

withdrawing students from the schools where sex education is being

introduced is not enough, we need to firmly ensure that it is not

introduced at all in any school. " It is claimed that the objective of

imparting sex education is protecting the students from HIV/ AIDS,

but the syllabus prepared for it is so much indecent, damaging and

obscene that it will increase the disease on a much higher speed. We

don't want that abortion centres should be opened in schools like

that in Britain, morning pills need to be given to tennage girls like

that in France, increase in number of unmarried mothers like that in

America and teachers sexually exploit their students like that in New

Zealand, " he said. He added that the number of AIDS patients has

increased because of killing the traditional Indian culture. The Jain

saint has persuaded the governments of nine states including Kerala,

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand,

Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to ban sex education

in their respective states.

Former Union HRD Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi viewed that sex

education would transform the student-teacher relations into that of

a man and a woman and it appears the government wants to import the

western culture of sexual relations between students and teachers

into India. He said introduction of sex education is what

multinationals did to create the desire for sex among teenagers to

sell their products. It is not sex education but education to sell

condoms, he said adding that the MNCs are behind the inflated figures

of HIV/AIDS, which have now suddenly fell down from 57 lakh to 24

lakh in India. He said there is no need for separate curriculum on

sex education because there is enough knowledge on sex and

reproductive body functions in biology taught in schools. " It will

adversely damage the rich family system of Bharat. It is also a

conspiracy to import the single-parent system of the west. There are

about 40 per cent such parents in America alone where it became a

major issue during the Presidential polls. In fact our family system

has preserved Bharat as Bharat. If it breaks, it will also take away

morality and samskars with it, " he added. The senior BJP leader

exhorted the parents to withdraw their wards from CBSE schools where

sex education is being taught.

Justice (retd.) R.C. Lahoti said India has not given HIV/AIDS to the

world. If the world had followed the Indian tradition of one wife or

one husband, this disease would not have developed at all. He said

64.8 per cent teenage girls in Britain were pregnant in 1998 and it

is increasing at a rate of four per cent every year. It is 83 per

cent in America and in Canada it has assumed a very alarming

proportion. " Now abortion centers are being opened in schools also

there. Similarly, after promoting relations between gays and lesbians

now sex between same blood relations is also being advocated there.

The family and marriage systems have totally collapsed in the west. A

number of male and female teachers are being pushed behind the bars

on the charges of sexually exploiting their students. Do we want this

to happen in India also? There is a need to nip it in the bud, " he

said.

NDA convener Fernandes stressed the need for a nationwide

protest against the introduction of sex education. Shri Dina Nath

Batra, convener of Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti, said the Samiti

would not allow the introduction of sex education at all.

Shri O.P. Gupta, former Indian ambassador, said after introduction of

sex education many parents may file cases against teachers under IPC

for outraging the modesty of their girls. It can also cause religious

and sectarian conflicts. Shri Rajendra Patani, Shiv Sena MLA from

Mumbai, said it would not only damage the marriage system but will

also increase the market of condoms even among teenagers. Smt.

Pratibha Naithani, Principal of St. Xavier's School, Mumbai, through

a PowerPoint presentation explained the objectionable passage from

the Adolescent Education Programme prepared by HRD Ministry. Dr Kapil

Kapoor, former vice chancellor of JNU, described those who have

planned and designed this programme as deshdrohi (traitors) and a

case of treason should be initiated against them.

Shri Intizar Naeem, assistant secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, said

the countries where girls below the age of 12 years become pregnant

could not be followed at all. He said it should be countered unitedly

by all the countrymen. Dr Tara Singh, stressed the need for putting a

check on cultural pollution being spread through newspapers and TV

channels. Dr Thailma, representative of Archbishop, Mumbai, said the

Adolescent Education Programme prepared by the government,

concentrates mainly on condom, which scientifically does not give 100

per cent guarantee against HIV infection and unwanted pregnancy. Shri

Purushottam Mulloli, convener of JACKINDIA, said the number of

HIV/AIDS patients has suddenly come down from 57 lakh to 24 lakh in

India because the conspiracy on the part of officials has

successfully been exposed.

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