Dormaa-Ahenkro (B/A), Dec. 20, - Mr. Moro Bawa, the Headmaster of Dormaa Islamic Primary/Junior High
School (JHS) has said the wearing of hijab to the school by all pupils and
students is a decision by the school authorities.
"The veil or hijab is part
of the school uniform, hence even non-Muslims in the school wear it as a
mandatory covering and a requirement for all,” Mr. Bawa stated.
Mr. Bawa made this known in an
interview with the Ghana News Agency on the sideline of a durbar to climax the
10th anniversary celebration of the School at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa
Central Municipality of Brong-Ahafo Region.
He said the parents of non-Muslim
pupils and students were made to understand “this reality that wearing the
hijab is part of the School's dress code, as it is an Islamic type.”
He said at a Parent-Teacher
Association (PTA) meetings, the parents were informed that although the
institution is an Islamic school which taught Arabic language and Islamic
beliefs; the mode of worship and traditions were not forced on non-Muslim
students.
Mr. Bawa said the school’s
teaching materials and methods were based on the Ghana Education Service (GES)
curricula and syllabi, and therefore, not only Arabic language was taught.
He said none of the parents of
the non-Muslim pupils and students had complained about that, but indicated
however, that the non-Muslims were made to compulsorily learn the Arabic language
because "it's a language and not because we want to influence or convert
them to be Muslims".
“When it's time to observe Muslim
prayers, we don't allow the non-Muslims to pray but this is not so with the
other missionary schools in the country, where others are forced to convert
into the Christian religion," he stated.
Mr. Bawa added that at the JHS
level, he was the only Muslim teacher working with six others who were
Christians, stressing "this institution is not bias in terms of who we are
and what we do".
GNA
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