NAGRAT says NaCCA knew of LGBTQ content before public outcry

• Posted on January 15, 2026January 15, 2026
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
• Comment

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) knew about the controversial content in a Senior High School teacher manual long before public outrage forced its withdrawal.

Jacob Anaba told Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday that the issue was not new and should never have appeared in any teaching material, given the earlier national backlash over similar content.

“If you recall, in 2017, this was put in the curriculum, and we all raised hue and cry about it,” he said. “The government promised they were removing it in 2019.”

He said that the reappearance of the issue was deeply troubling.

“So one will be very surprised that if you lived in Ghana at that time, you would even contemplate putting it in any document,” he said. “So we are even surprised to hear that it is in the manual and not in the curriculum.”

NaCCA recently withdrew printed copies of the Year Two Physical Education and Health (Elective) Teacher Manual after admitting that sections on “gender identity” did not align with Ghanaian culture, norms and values. 

The manual was developed in 2024 to support teachers implementing the new SHS curriculum introduced last academic year.

It had already been approved, printed with public funds and distributed nationwide before concerns were raised. A revised version has since been released, which NaCCA says reflects national values and a biological understanding of gender.

Mr Anaba suggested the inclusion of the content could not have been accidental.