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A ‘Natural Science for Primary Schools – Pupil’s Book 1,’ authored by Joseph Albert Quarm had stated the function of the head is for carrying loads.

GES defends textbook depicting the head as ‘load carrier’ | Pulse Ghana

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<h1>The Ghana Education Service has defended the classification of the human head in a textbook as a part of the human body used for carrying loads.</h1>

<p>The classification has received a lot of backlash from social media, with the Vice President of IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil, calling for an immediate withdrawal of the books from the primary schools.</p>

<p>But in an interview with <a href="http://pulse.com.gh/" id="949bfd0f-aa6c-582e-a557-d49082127711">Pulse.com.gh</a>, the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service, Rev Jonathan Bettey said there was nothing wrong with the textbook.</p>

<p>"So what do you use your head for? Haven't you carried anything on your head before?," he asked.</p>

<p>"With class 1, curriculum states that we take everything gradually. When the child gets to class 2, a different knowledge comes in...until the person gets to JHS or SHS," the GES PRO explained.</p>

Textbook depicting the head as ‘load carrier’

GES defends textbook depicting the head as ‘load carrier’

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