Archive for stories on education within the Muslim community.

Two Islamic Montessori pupils win trophies for Ghana at second African Shenmo Abacus competition

Kigali: Ridwan Mahmoud Jajah and Ummu Sulaim Abass of Al-Hikmah Islamic Montessori School have finished first and third, respectively, at the second edition of the African Shenmo Cup International Abacus

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Ghana selects representatives for second Mohammed VI Foundation Africa Hadith competition

Accra: The Ghana Branch of the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Oulema has successfully selected three contestants to represent Ghana at the upcoming Africa Hadith Competition. The contestants, participating in

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YEA begins recruitment for Arabic Teachers Module

Accra: The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has on Friday started receiving applications from qualified persons interested in working under the Arabic Teachers Module. Applicants have a two-week window, which ends

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Interior Minister Muntaka launches MoU to foster religious diversity in mission schools

Accra: Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, Minister for the Interior, has launched a “Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Managing Religious Diversity in Mission Schools.” The document provides a national framework to manage

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YEA to recruit 3,000 Arabic teachers under reintroduced teaching module

Accra: Malik Basintale, Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abdul Karim Bapuni, the General Manager of the Islamic Education Unit,

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GMSA welcomes government’s call for religious freedom in public schools

Accra: The Ghana Muslim Students Association (GMSA) has welcomed education minister’s call for schools to allow students to freely practice their religions without restrictions. The minister, Haruna Iddrisu made the

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Dr Mustapha Hamid advocates adding Islamic jurisprudence courses to legal education

Accra: Dr Mustapha Hamid, former information minister has advocated teaching Islamic jurisprudence as part of the country’s legal education curriculum. He noted that the teaching of Islamic jurisprudence as either

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Ho Technical University management makes historic Ramadan outreach to Muslim students

Ho: The management of the Ho Technical University (HTU), led by its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ben Q. Honyenuga, on Friday reached out to the university’s Muslim community. The delegation visited the

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Ghana makes Islamic medical university proposal to Indonesia

Accra: Haruna Iddrisu, Ghana’s Minister of Education, has urged the Indonesian government to consider establishing an Islamic medical university in Ghana, specifically in the northern part of the country. Such

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UPSA Muslim student develops digital attendance system for school

Accra: Abdul Aziz Nasir, a third-year Information Technology student at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has developed a location-based electronic attendance system (LEAS) that uses geo-location technology to

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