The Department of Community Development, Youth and Religion will push for Bible study to be compulsory for all schools throughout the country.
This includes the elementary level right up to secondary schools.
Secretary for Community Development, Anna Solomon, said Bible study is vital for early childhood learning as it teaches Christian principles.
She said children must grow up in the kind of environment that will define respect; social issues like gender-based violence are all defined in the Bible.
If these principles are taught to children, goodness will be instilled in them at a young age so the Government wouldn’t work hard to create laws to protect people.
“Issues surrounding gender-based violence and violence against children are confronting because we have been brought up by Christian principles,” she said.
“We have the obligation and responsibility to go to church and our parents made sure we went to church.
“We are a country of many cultures and when we have the global agenda of addressing violence against women and children, sometimes it can be very confronting when the definition of respect is not defined well.
“We have our own definition in our cultural context so we should push for compulsory bible study in schools,” Solomon said.
She called on all churches to work with her department and the Education Department to have Bible study compulsory.