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CHRISTIAN COUNCIL URGES REFORMS TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WHILE PRESERVING MISSION SCHOOL IDENTITY

The Christian Council of Ghana has called for clearer reforms governing religious freedom in schools while preserving the Christian identity of mission-founded institutions. Speaking at an IEA forum on the Constitutional Review Committee’s recommendations, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo backed protections against religious discrimination in admissions, boarding, discipline, student leadership and school activities while arguing that mission schools should still be allowed to maintain chaplaincies, symbols and legitimate religious traditions. The CRC proposes voluntary participation in worship, non-discriminatory alternatives for students who opt out, complaints mechanisms and stronger Ghana Education Service oversight.