Entertainment

Outrage in Egypt After School Displays Pornographic Films to Young Students

Outrage in Egypt After School Displays Pornographic Films to Young Students

There has been an outcry among parents at an international school following the French educational system in the Fifth Settlement in Egypt, after a film featuring obscene nudity and foul language was shown to young children.

The film was screened for primary school children, and parents have urged the Ministry of Education and Technical Education to intervene and review the curriculum and content being offered to their children in these schools.

Several parents, who preferred to remain unnamed, expressed their shock that the school presented a film containing lewd scenes, including nudity and passionate kissing, to children aged between 8 and 9 years in the CE2 stage, during a time when their awareness and understanding are still developing. They emphasized their complete rejection of this matter, stating that even though the schools follow French culture, Egyptian cultures, with all their religious differences, reject such content.

The parents expressed their concerns about their children regarding this issue, demanding that the Ministry of Education and Technical Education form a committee to oversee the content shown to children in international schools. They noted that they enrolled their children in schools under the ministry but using the French system, and stressed the need to consider Egyptian culture in this regard.

Parents criticized the school's administration for commenting on the matter, claiming that the content was approved by the French cultural center in Egypt, and that the film is permitted for viewing in France for children aged 7 to 9 years. This led the French administration to show the film to the children without consulting the ministry in Egypt or the relevant body that reviews such content before it is shown to primary school students.

Parents reported that the children themselves had conflicts with their teachers when they objected and refused to watch the film, yet the teachers insisted on continuing to show it. They condemned the teachers' handling of the crisis, arguing that the administration should have been informed at the onset of the inappropriate scenes to reconsider the film's screening, rather than forcing the students to watch it.

Parents called on the school administration to provide entertaining or historical videos for students during the week, in order to change their perception of the films shown in schools. They felt that these screenings reinforced the idea that school films are frightening and contain inappropriate scenes, which is troubling given the children's young age and the critical stage of developing awareness.

Our readers are reading too