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Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has urged school authorities across the country to ensure that students are allowed to practice their religious beliefs without any restrictions.
Speaking on the matter, he emphasized, “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 statement while attending the Ambariyya Muslim sect’s Eid ul-Fitr prayers in Tamale on Monday, March 31, 2025.
His comments followed concerns raised by the Ghana Muslim Students Association of Ghana in a press statement on Saturday, March 29. The association expressed disappointment over Saint Roses Senior High School in Akwatia, Eastern Region, for allegedly preventing Muslim students from going home to observe Eid-ul-Fitr, despite a directive from the Ghana Education Service permitting them to do so.
Addressing the issue, Haruna Iddrisu reaffirmed his stance, stating, “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.”
He further stressed, “All schools must recognise and respect the right of every Ghanaian child to profess and practice their religion.”
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