The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has welcomed government s intervention to resolve the impasse following the decision by the authorities of the Wesley Girls Senior High School to ban Muslim students from taking part in the Ramadan fast.
The Muslim Community, led by the National Chief Imam, expressed its displeasure following the revelation, and the government directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to settle the impasse.
The GES, therefore, engaged authorities of Wesley Girls to reverse the ban.
The GES has issued further directives to all schools to conditionally allow all students to fast.
Speaking in a media interview, the Spokesperson of the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyao Shuaib, conveyed the Chief Imam s gratitude to government for the amicable resolution of the matter.
The management of Wesley Girls Senior High School has been instructed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to allow Muslim students take part in the ongoing Ramadan fast.
A press statement signed by the Head of Public Relations, Cassandra Twumasi directed authorities of Wesley Girls High School as well as any other school to allow any such student who wishes to fast for any religious reason to do so.”
On the other hand, parents who wish their wards to fast are also directed to write to the school indicating that the school shall not be held liable for any health condition of the student as a result of the fast. Staff, students, and the general public are to take note”
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