Minister withdraws Moral Education book from schools

The minister told Parliament yesterday that she is embarrassed by the contents of the book. She said the book will be recalled from schools pending a review and recasting so that it becomes acceptable. "I will also make use of the period of review to revise our processes leading from curriculum to book production and review to make sure that we do not suffer similar embarrassment in the future," she said. The book is from Diamond Educational Publishers with C Malense, U Mokobi, S Letsholo and V Anderson as the authors.

Venson-Moitoi told parliamentarians that she read the book and discussed it with officials in her ministry involved in the curriculum and book reviews.