Photo: Marija JankovićAs part of his campaign against the LGBT+ population, Patriarch Porfirije requested that the biology textbook for primary school students be withdrawn immediately because it "propagates gender ideology". At the request of the head of the church, the Ministry of Education immediately "sent the textbook to correction". Biology doctor Biljana Stojković says that this is another way to "pump up national sentiment".
Serbian Patriarch Porfirije asked the competent institutions to "immediately" withdraw from use all textbooks, manuals and auxiliary teaching aids in secondary and primary schools and preschools in which there are lessons that "propagate gender ideology". Since the head of the church requested it, the Secular Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, Branko Ružić, immediately "sent the controversial eighth grade biology textbook, which has been in use since this September, to repair", write "Večernje Novosti", so they will discuss its suitability , probably for an Orthodox youth, to be decided by the National Educational Council (NPS), which will declare itself within two weeks.
It is a lesson on "Sexual and gender identity" in which it is explained that there is something else besides heterosexuals, that there are "more intersex" people in the world than redheads, and that people have the right to decide their own gender.
Ružić asks the NPS to again give "their expert assessment on whether such a program is in accordance with the scientific theories accepted by the biological faculties". However, he demands that they declare whether these lessons "reflect the national interest", as well as whether this is in the best interest of children's education.
Propaganda of homosexuality
Even the Serbian Movement Dveri, in the wake of the right-wing hype surrounding Europride, focused on this biology textbook for primary school students because "children are taught that some people's sex and gender do not match".
The doors demand an answer to the question "who is responsible for propagandizing homosexuality and transgenderism to minors" and whether anyone reviewed the textbooks before they were published.
Children must also learn the biology of sexuality
Doctor of biological sciences and presidential candidate for the coalition "Moramo" in the elections on April 3, Biljana Stojković tells the portal "Vremena" that these are "absolutely not problematic issues".
He explains that these are "scientific facts that children must be familiar with" because if they study biology, "they must also study the biology of sexuality" and that "it is taught everywhere in the world.
Stojković adds that they connected the story of national interests in biology books with the theme of Pride, church liturgies, and that this is "another way to pump up national sentiment." "You heard the Patriarch - it's the same package".
He also explains that everything in the textbooks was approved by the Ministry of Education and the Commission formed by the Ministry.
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