Archive for stories on education within the Ghanaian Muslim community.

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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Meet the three University of Ghana valedictorians who made Muslims proud

It was a crowning moment for three hard-working Muslim students who were honoured to deliver the valedictory speeches at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Ghana, Legon, for the

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National Chief Imam commissions GMSA National Office

Accra: Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam of Ghana, has officially commissioned a new office to serve as the Ghana Muslim Students Association (GMSA) national secretariat. The secretariat

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Sakafia Islamic Senior High School Wins the 2025 Zayed Sustainability Prize

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates—Sakafia Islamic Senior High School, located in Kumasi, Ghana, has been named winner of the 2025 Zayed Sustainability Prize in the Global High Schools—Sub-Saharan Africa category.

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Muslim lawyer challenges religious policies of Wesley Girls SHS at Supreme Court

A private legal practitioner, Shafic Osman has filed a suit against Wesley Girls Senior High School challenging the school’s policies that has allegedly discriminated against female Muslim students for many

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Ghanaian contestant places first at maiden African Hadith competition

Accra: Muhammad Kamal, a Ghanaian contestant at the maiden edition of the Mohammed VI Foundation for African Oulema (Scholars) Noble Prophetic Hadith competition, has been declared a category winner.  The

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