Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has called on the management of schools in the country to allow students to practice their religious faith without hindrances.
He said, “Every Ghanaian child is entitled to the full benefit of the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the constitution, so is the child and school.”
The Minister made this call when he joined a congregation of the Ambariyya Muslim sect to observe the 2025 Eid ul-Fitr prayers in Tamale on Monday, March 31.
On Saturday, March 29, the Ghana Muslim Students Association of Ghana, in a press statement, expressed their disappointment over the decision of Saint Roses Senior High School in Akwatia in the Eastern Region to deny Muslim students the opportunity to go home to observe the Eid-ul-Fitr despite a circular by the Ghana Education Service.
“I want to announce as Ghana’s Minister of Education that every child and every Ghanaian is entitled to the full benefit of all the rights enshrined in the 1992 Constitution and therefore no school has the right to deny any Ghanaian child the right to practice their faith.
“All schools must recognise and respect the right of every Ghanaian child to profess and practice their religion.”