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Dr. Bawumia Commissions Digital Repository For Wesley Girls Senior High School In Memory Of His Mother
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Dr. Bawumia Commissions Digital Repository For Wesley Girls Senior High School In Memory Of His Mother

The Vice President and Flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned a digital depository for the Wesley Girls Senior High School, which he helped established for the school in memory of his late mother, Hajia Mariama Bawumia, who was an Old Student of the school in 1960. The digital repository, equipped with modern technological gadgets, is a  system which has digitised records of the school, including records of old and current students and staff. With a unique access codes, past students, current students and staff will be able to access confidential information about themselves, or general information about the school. Commissioning the digital repository,  Dr. Bawumia said he was touched by the gesture of the Wesley Girls High School 1960 year grou...
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Wesley Girls’ brouhaha: Let’s not settle ‘ideological battles’ in schools – Akufo-Addo
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Wesley Girls’ brouhaha: Let’s not settle ‘ideological battles’ in schools – Akufo-Addo

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, for the first time, spoken on the religious fracas between authorities of the Wesley Girls’ High School and some Muslim leaders in the country. President Akufo-Addo says educational institutions should not be a place to settle religious scores. Speaking at this year’s Eid ul-Fitr celebration, at the premises of GBC, President Akufo-Addo said the government is working with all relevant stakeholders to address the issue. According to him, the schools are the first place for young kids to socialize and learn more about each other’s religious beliefs, dance, languages, and food. “We should be proud that our national Constitution simply reinforces these characteristics, and it should, therefore, be easy for us to uphold these basi...
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Let’s exercise maximum restraint over Wesley Girls’ saga — Chief Imam
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Let’s exercise maximum restraint over Wesley Girls’ saga — Chief Imam

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, has called for maximum restraint over the Wesley Girls' SHS decision to prevent Muslims from Ramadan fasting in the school. There has been a media warfare following the decision, with members of the Christian Community seemingly defending the school. But the Chief Imam in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu, noted with anxiety “the rising tension which constitutes a security threat to the existing state of harmony in the country.” According to the statement, “in the light of the above, the National Chief Imam wishes to call on all stakeholders to exercise maximum restraint and allow opportunity for leadership to bring closure to the matter in peace and harmony.” Source: DGN online
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Methodist Church to GES: We won’t allow Muslims to fast at Wesley Girls SHS
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Methodist Church to GES: We won’t allow Muslims to fast at Wesley Girls SHS

The Methodist Church says its schools including Wesley Girls SHS cannot accede to the unilateral directive issued by the Ghana Education Service The Methodist Church of Ghana has said it is unable to honour a directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to allow Muslim students at the Wesley Girls’ Senior High School to observe the Ramadan fast. Over the weekend, the GES said all schools in the country should not deny students the right to fast after Wesley Girls’ SHS banned students from fasting. “The minister advised the Ghana Education Service to put in place measures to address this matter bearing in mind the rights of students and concerns of the schools on the health risk associated with fasting,” the spokesperson of the GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, said in t...
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