
PN leader Bernard Grech and Nationalist MPs Claudette Buttigieg and Graziella Attard Previ both took to social media to comment on the case wherein students were pulled from a school after it was discovered by their parents that their teacher was gay.
On his part, Bernard Grech said that every investment done in our country has to do with people. ‘Education is no exception.’
‘Equal Partners Foundation representatives today explained what they see as the biggest challenges to the inclusion sector. We agreed that we can never have an inclusive society if we do not have schools that are not really inclusive.’
‘The Nationalist Party believes that inclusion in the class prepares the student for the world of versify and it is crucial to have a peaceful society where parents feel like they have to move their son due to the diversity of a teacher.’
PN MP Claudette Buttigieg wrote on social media that ‘life is filled with different colours.’
‘Labels and segregation are a thing of the past. Decisions like these do not protect children but cultivate a sense of discrimination within them that their innocence does not know.’
Meanwhile, spokesperson for equality, human and civil rights & children’s rights Graziella Attard Previ wrote how a ‘teacher’s profession, and that of anyone else’s, is not measured by their sexual orientation.’
‘This morning’s news abut parents not wanting their son being taught by a gay teacher confirms that which I have long said… In fact I spoke about it yesterday in parliament, that despite laws passed in the country, mentality takes years to change.’
‘Children need to be raised in inclusive environments that not only appreciate, but respect, the diversity around them. We need to keep working in favour of tolerance, inclusion and diversity. We cannot accept any form of discrimination against anyone.’
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