Schools should go for MORAL education instead of SEXUALITY education!

I spoke to a Chinese-educated man my age, who grew up in ''kampung'' like I did, and as he was sharing his life experiences, both of us were like walking down memory lanes, talking about many things of yesteryears and speaking a common language.

What stood out in the conversation was this, ''No matter how violent or gangster-like we were those days, under no circumstances would we beat our own parents.'' Today, such a traditional value is hard to come by, in fact, it is not uncommon that teenaged children beat their parents or disrespect their parents at home.

I was told of a case of family violence where a Secondary 2 boy assaulted his mother at home. Police officers were called in, but they did nothing except to say, ''This is a family dispute. You have to solve it yourself.''

In view of all these problems, what many of us might want to know is, what has changed in the family, the schools and the society? What happened to those great values and virtues once held so strongly in the social fabric and cultural traditions?

Are parents too caught up with making a living that they have no time to teach and guide even their own children until it was too late? Or is this a generation spoilt by both nature and nurture? What about the second line of defence schools are supposed to provide through the teaching of moral education?

Undesirable sexual behaviours are outward signs or displayed symptoms of a decaying or rotten moral root deep down within the person. We can administer all sorts of cursory treatments to the symptoms but the symptoms will persist if the decaying root is left to decay and eventually, rot. It is imperative that we treat the root now, before it is too late.

Thinking aloud, I'd rather the resources spent in conducting the widely-publicised sexuality education in all secondary schools in Singapore, be channelled to moral education instead.

Once the secondary students are morally educated and correctly guided, the issues of immoral sexual conducts will not even surface! Instead, it would even help to take care of many other immoral and unhealthy issues common among teenagers during their growing up years.