Christian Council calls for protection of mission schools’ religious identity
The Christian Council of Ghana is advocating for reforms that protect the religious identity of mission-founded schools while ensuring students' constitutional rights to freedom of belief are upheld. The council supports the Constitutional Review Committee's proposals to prevent religious discrimination in public-funded institutions.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing tension between institutional religious heritage and secular constitutional mandates in the Ghanaian education system.
The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has called for reforms to protect students’ religious freedoms while preserving the legitimate religious ethos of mission-founded schools.
The Council said the reforms should safeguard freedom of thought, conscience, belief and religion without undermining the right to education or the distinct identity of mission-founded institutions.
The Immediate Past Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church Ghana, the Most Rev. Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo, made the call at an Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) forum in Accra on Monday, October 5, on proposals contained in the Constitutional Review Committee’s (CRC) report.
He said Article 25 of the 1992 Constitution guaranteed the right to education, while Article 21 guaranteed freedom of thought, conscience, belief and religion.
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