By leocadia Bongben
The Chairman of the National Commission for Human Rights and Freedoms, NCHRF, Chemuta Divine Banda, has said that Cameroon is undergoing a value crisis, given that the only language easily understood is that of violence.
Banda was speaking during a workshop to train trainers in value-based education that held at the Ecumenical Centre for Peace, SEP, Biyem Assi, Yaoundé, recently.He regretted that violence has become normal amongst university students, workers who want better treatment and in varied number of circumstances in the country.
According to him, the value a country gives to its people is determined by the treatment meted in prisons.Banda attributed the lack of value to the educational system and police mentality.
He reiterated the need to teach human rights in schools as well as citizenship education, which is concerned with educating citizens on values that would enable them to respect one another as human beings.
The Director of Swiss Association of Living Value, Helen Sayers, the organisers of the workshop, underscored the importance of living values in the search for justice and tolerance.
She emphasised that these values aid the child to rediscover his or herself, the inner beauty, with the teacher as the role model for the child.Sayers urged teachers to go back to their traditional roles as teachers and role models despite their low pay.
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