The Methodist Church Ghana has kicked against the Ghana Education Service’ (GES) directive to Wesley Girls’ High School to allow Muslim students to partake in the Ramadan fast.
In its declaration the Church said that it “did not adhere to the unilateral order provided by the Education Service of Ghana” with a “strong exception.”
The Ghana Education Service has insisted that it “respects the long-term relationship between government and schools of mission.”
It claimed that the school rule in question “is a long-term rule that has been followed by non-religious Muslim ladies and even by many famous Muslim women in Ghana.”
Wesley Girls’ High School was criticized for preventing a Muslim studentfrom fasting during the onging Ramadan.
The Muslim Parliamentary Caucus has met the Wesley Girls’ High School authority on matters of interest.
The Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum met with the Wesley Girls’ High School Board and recommended to GES the adoption of legislation to resolve Muslim students’ concerns.
The GES urged parents of such students as part of its directive “to write to the school that the school is not kept accountable because of the fast”
After raising concerns about the care of Muslim students, the GES Directive was welcomed by the Office of the National Chief Imam.
See the complete statement below
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SOURCE: ATLFMONLINE
