Beposo (Ash), Sept 1, - Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Deputy Minister of Education, on Sunday urged Muslims to embrace education as the major vehicle for social progress. He was commissioning a 70 million-cedi six-classroomed block, an office and a store at Beposo, near Nsuta in the Sekyere West District. The ceremony coincided with the 35th annual convention of the Beposo branch of the Ghana Muslim Mission. The project, started in 1995, was financed by Beposo citizens of the Ghana Muslim Mission resident abroad and led by Alhaji Mohammed Amponsah. Dr Chambas said Muslims often lagged behind in formal education because, in the past, Muslim did not take Western or formal education seriously for fear of being exposed to alien culture. ''Today, education is designed to train children and prepare them for a useful life. Hence, there is no more justification to shy away from sending your children to school.'' He appealed to parents to show greater concern for the progress of their children once they gain admission to the school, saying ''the community must deeply get involved in the affairs of the school''. The ministry, he said, would do its best to provide the chool with the basic necessities, adding that the government underscores the need to expand education to ensure that it is available to all school- going children in the society.
Beposo (Ash), Sept 1, - Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Deputy Minister of Education, on Sunday urged Muslims to embrace education as the major vehicle for social progress. He was commissioning a 70 million-cedi six-classroomed block, an office and a store at Beposo, near Nsuta in the Sekyere West District. The ceremony coincided with the 35th annual convention of the Beposo branch of the Ghana Muslim Mission. The project, started in 1995, was financed by Beposo citizens of the Ghana Muslim Mission resident abroad and led by Alhaji Mohammed Amponsah. Dr Chambas said Muslims often lagged behind in formal education because, in the past, Muslim did not take Western or formal education seriously for fear of being exposed to alien culture. ''Today, education is designed to train children and prepare them for a useful life. Hence, there is no more justification to shy away from sending your children to school.'' He appealed to parents to show greater concern for the progress of their children once they gain admission to the school, saying ''the community must deeply get involved in the affairs of the school''. The ministry, he said, would do its best to provide the chool with the basic necessities, adding that the government underscores the need to expand education to ensure that it is available to all school- going children in the society.
