Activists want human rights incorporated in education curricular
HUMAN rights defenders have advised the government to incorporate human rights in the country’s education system as efforts to fight the increasing cases of child abuse and domestic violence in the society.
The advice comes barely three days after the Parliament was informed that proposed draft of the new education curriculum and policy have been completed and submitted to relevant authorities for approval before being effected.
“To successfully fight child molestation, domestic violence, killings and immorality among leaders, we need to incorporate human rights lessons in our national curriculum,” said Tanzania Human rights Defender Coalition (THRDC) National Coordinator, Onesmo Ole Ngurumwa.
He made the remarks when he visited students at St Augustine University (SAUT) main campus in Mwanza and Dar es Salaam where THRDC and the higher learning institution inked a deal of cooperating in offering human rights education and paralegal services to students and people living near the university’s premises.
“We must start providing these courses at kindergarten, primary, secondary school up to universities to help the children to know and live up to their rights and fight inhumane acts such as rape and domestic violence,” he said.
Ole Ngurumwa hailed SAUT for making human rights lessons part of the compulsory courses to be studied by its students and called for it to offer specializations at postgraduate level.
Advocate Ngurumwa noted that THRDC was ready to cooperate with the government and other education authorities in the country to have a good approach of adapting human rights issues in the national education system.
Last Tuesday, the Deputy Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Omari Kipanga told the National Assembly that his ministry has completed working on the country’s new education curriculum and policy.
The deputy minister informed the Parliament that once approved by top authority, the new curriculum will be affected immediately.
