'Your schoolgirls' haircut policy is haram' - Islamic scholar tells education minister

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PATIENCE IN THE FACE OF PROVOCATION 10 months ago

Who is this one too. Where in the Quran is this stated. Fake Scholars

Who is this one too. Where in the Quran is this stated. Fake Scholars
PATIENCE IN THE FACE OF PROVOCATION 10 months ago

Restrain from retaliation:
The Quran teaches that responding to abuse with more abuse is unproductive. Instead, one should control their anger and avoid engaging in fruitless arguments.

Practice graceful withdrawal:
A "b ...
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Restrain from retaliation:
The Quran teaches that responding to abuse with more abuse is unproductive. Instead, one should control their anger and avoid engaging in fruitless arguments.

Practice graceful withdrawal:
A "beautiful manner" of withdrawal means to separate oneself from those who provoke in a dignified and non-aggressive way.

May God help us

Seek help through prayer:

The Quran advises seeking help through patience and prayer (2:45), emphasizing that true patience requires relying on God's strength.

Persevere with wisdom:
Patience is not about giving up but is an active process of perseverance. It allows one to use their intellect and emotions to find a result-oriented course of action rather than being overwhelmed by emotions.

Recognize the bigger picture:
The Quran suggests that a righteous person remains silent not out of fear, but because they trust in God's ultimate justice.
IT IS A SHAME THAT PEOPLE LIKE THESE ARE OFFERED PLATFORM TO SHOW THEIR IGNORANCE 10 months ago

Every institution has its own bye-laws and must people belonging to that institution have to abide by them.

The context in which the Minister is speaking is to ensure discipline. If everyone is allowed to dress any how, yo ...
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Every institution has its own bye-laws and must people belonging to that institution have to abide by them.

The context in which the Minister is speaking is to ensure discipline. If everyone is allowed to dress any how, you can imagine how our schools will be.

Even with these bye-laws some of the girls scale walls to visit their sugar daddys at this age.

Mr. Minister, let them criticize you. Those who cannot abide by it should take the children else where. Nonsense
Karikakchar 10 months ago

Let's get serious for once! There's a code of conduct for senior high schools which I believe was established with valid reasons based on experience and outcomes from various scenarios. We should respect these and stop all th ...
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Let's get serious for once! There's a code of conduct for senior high schools which I believe was established with valid reasons based on experience and outcomes from various scenarios. We should respect these and stop all these religious arguments and what not
JULOR CAESAR 10 months ago

No one is advocating for the students to dress any how as you stated in your comment. The issue has to do with hair cuts and not dress code. What makes Ghana schools any better than schools in Western countries that many of o ...
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No one is advocating for the students to dress any how as you stated in your comment. The issue has to do with hair cuts and not dress code. What makes Ghana schools any better than schools in Western countries that many of our graduates run to after high school and university education to seek greener pastures? What studies is the Ministry of Education relying on in its claim that students study better when hair cuts are imposed on them? These students and their teachers need the Ministry of Education to provide them with tools that will help them accomplish their educational goals, not draconian regulations that smack of Taliban drunken regulations.
ST Ghfuo: CANADIANS ARE BIASED, DISHONEST 10 months ago

if achimota had allowed the rasta kid to represent the school during the nmsq with his dreads im sure achimota would have won the contest in those years the kid was there but because of stupidity by the leadership of that sch ...
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if achimota had allowed the rasta kid to represent the school during the nmsq with his dreads im sure achimota would have won the contest in those years the kid was there but because of stupidity by the leadership of that school. now, these stupid leaders are still there practicisng dogma retiring progressive ideas n the kid is now in upenn with his same hairstyle making history. if this isnt kotoka studity then what is?
Karikakchar 10 months ago

Are you serious? Get your facts right before insulting!

Are you serious? Get your facts right before insulting!
Aboa 10 months ago

The achimota case was very wrong. That guy should have been sacked from the school. If you cannot abide by the rules and laws of an institution or grouping, you don't associate with them.

The achimota case was very wrong. That guy should have been sacked from the school. If you cannot abide by the rules and laws of an institution or grouping, you don't associate with them.
hmm 10 months ago

total absurb why they don't let them to brand corn roll after shs they do grow their hair. And later they will be buying Brazilian hairs from China cosing financial loss to the state. who at all brought this policy for this b ...
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total absurb why they don't let them to brand corn roll after shs they do grow their hair. And later they will be buying Brazilian hairs from China cosing financial loss to the state. who at all brought this policy for this block headed to continue
hmm 10 months ago

total absurb why they don't let them to brand corn roll after shs they do grow their hair. And later they will be buying Brazilian hairs from China cosing financial loss to the state. who at all brought this policy for this b ...
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total absurb why they don't let them to brand corn roll after shs they do grow their hair. And later they will be buying Brazilian hairs from China cosing financial loss to the state. who at all brought this policy for this block headed to continue

ST Ghfuo: CANADIANS ARE BIASED, DISHONEST 10 months ago

those with clean cut shaved heads what progressive ideas have they contributed to shaping the growth of ghana? the rasta kid from achimota whom those clean cut foolish leaders tried to deny and frustrate is now in america wit ...
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those with clean cut shaved heads what progressive ideas have they contributed to shaping the growth of ghana? the rasta kid from achimota whom those clean cut foolish leaders tried to deny and frustrate is now in america with the university of penn. still, you would think that these foolish leaders would learn from their stupidity. you shave off the hair of a female. why? do you understand the nuances of female hair and how they derive confidence from their looks and hair? are schools army barracks or places for kids to be kept when their parents are working
Edem 10 months ago

All my Ghanaian female friends in the UK who attended shs in Ghana refuse to showcase their photos and pictures of their time in school. You can't really tell if they are males or females

All my Ghanaian female friends in the UK who attended shs in Ghana refuse to showcase their photos and pictures of their time in school. You can't really tell if they are males or females
Kojo 10 months ago

Don't worry!!! What has school uniform got to do with education? Then we move to what has wearing clothes got to do with education? That's where we may end up.

Don't worry!!! What has school uniform got to do with education? Then we move to what has wearing clothes got to do with education? That's where we may end up.
kingsley 10 months ago

Trimming the hair is haram, but covering it is okey. Drinking is haram, but smoking weed or doing hard drugs is okey. Stealing, armed robbery, landguard and hired killer are okey. What a bunch of fools.

Trimming the hair is haram, but covering it is okey. Drinking is haram, but smoking weed or doing hard drugs is okey. Stealing, armed robbery, landguard and hired killer are okey. What a bunch of fools.
Aboa 10 months ago

Sometimes l looked at our Muslim brothers and laugh. Their prophet Muhammad slept with her uncle's wife, sleep with underaged girls but they don't see those things as haram. He duped the leaders of Jerusalem yet that wasn't h ...
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Sometimes l looked at our Muslim brothers and laugh. Their prophet Muhammad slept with her uncle's wife, sleep with underaged girls but they don't see those things as haram. He duped the leaders of Jerusalem yet that wasn't haram. He took the Torah and changed stories in it to suit himself, that too isn't haram.
ST Ghfuo: CANADIANS ARE BIASED, DISHONEST 10 months ago

look at this primitive human being. no experience as an educator, does not have a masters or even phd in education. has never taught in a school in a foreign, progressive nation before to understand the issues. you bring this ...
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look at this primitive human being. no experience as an educator, does not have a masters or even phd in education. has never taught in a school in a foreign, progressive nation before to understand the issues. you bring this zongo boy with his zongo brains to manage education in ghana and you get the same zongo ideas. im suprised he hasnt decreed everyone to start wearing muslim clothes to schools in ghana. he talks like has has titties for brains
Empty headed Phd holder 10 months ago

And you that you are an emeritus professor, please tell us exactly how cutting hair affects schooling? Truth be told, to be poor is a terrible thing. These draconian laws affect only the impoverished. Have you seen schools l ...
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And you that you are an emeritus professor, please tell us exactly how cutting hair affects schooling? Truth be told, to be poor is a terrible thing. These draconian laws affect only the impoverished. Have you seen schools like ICS? Sons and daughters of big people. They go to school with their natural hair and guess what they end up running the country whilst the oppressed wards of the poor debate hair shaving. Mmoa
Tkk 10 months ago

no wonder ghana is a shithole debating about shaving hair,we can't manage the resources God has given us,always borrowing from left right center to buy v8, are blacks also human at all??

no wonder ghana is a shithole debating about shaving hair,we can't manage the resources God has given us,always borrowing from left right center to buy v8, are blacks also human at all??
ST Ghfuo: CANADIANS ARE BIASED, DISHONEST 10 months ago

im giving haruna iddrisu homework. go to canada, america and britain. go to 6 schools in each country. speak to the school boards in these nations and find out how they deal with this hair issue and you will realise that your ...
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im giving haruna iddrisu homework. go to canada, america and britain. go to 6 schools in each country. speak to the school boards in these nations and find out how they deal with this hair issue and you will realise that your brain and the country ghana you live in is still living in the dark ages
Kwame Acheampong CTX 10 months ago

The indiscipline in those countries is so high that the have exported that crap via movies and social media to Africa. BTW, my wife was a teacher in a US middle school. She gave up after Three years and returned to the corpor ...
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The indiscipline in those countries is so high that the have exported that crap via movies and social media to Africa. BTW, my wife was a teacher in a US middle school. She gave up after Three years and returned to the corporate world. The west are not a positive model. Go look at the Asians and see the restrictions they live under.

Odikro 10 months ago

And the indiscipline is due to them keeping their hair? Wow

And the indiscipline is due to them keeping their hair? Wow
NADAA2 10 months ago

LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!

In America schools, kids mass-shoot kids....and violence is currency...wae. Some schools in New York even have METAL DETECTORS like the airports!

NKONTO ...
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LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!LIAR! LIAR!

In America schools, kids mass-shoot kids....and violence is currency...wae. Some schools in New York even have METAL DETECTORS like the airports!

NKONTOMPONIII.....
Kankabi 10 months ago

In as much as we keep comparing ourselves to the whites or the western countries in most of the things, have we considered the context here? We are all aware that the whites naturally have long hair due to their environment/w ...
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In as much as we keep comparing ourselves to the whites or the western countries in most of the things, have we considered the context here? We are all aware that the whites naturally have long hair due to their environment/weather but in our case it’s not like that. Considering the whiteman, with just little touches on their hairs, they free to go. But in our case, we have to spend plenty of hours in saloon to maintain our long hair especially if you are not doing natural even with that I bet to differ.
Now let’s consider a 14/15yr old first year student who is newly admitted into a boarding school, this student as part of maintaining his/her long hair has to leave campus go to saloon and spend not less than 4hrs just to fix/maintain the hair. This to me will give the student a divided attention especially at the unmature stage. And this is the stage they have to focus on their academics. Assuming with just washing it with shampoo is ok that would have been fine but to spend more hours all in the name of maintaining the hair to me is time consuming and putting a stop to long hair in our second cycle institutions is the best idea and should be embraced by everyone.
Kj 10 months ago

Don't forget that these people from these countries have natural long hairs so your point is dead on arrival

Don't forget that these people from these countries have natural long hairs so your point is dead on arrival
ST Ghfuo: CANADIANS ARE BIASED, DISHONEST 10 months ago

the only reason these teachers dont want girls especially to hair certain hairstyles is this. when these girls have such wild hairstyles they tend to look mature and beautiful and likely to attract the teachers. therefore, if ...
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the only reason these teachers dont want girls especially to hair certain hairstyles is this. when these girls have such wild hairstyles they tend to look mature and beautiful and likely to attract the teachers. therefore, if we can get the girls to all shave their heads like a cult or in the army. the chances of these girls attracting others males and even teachers will be done away with. i wen to a catholic high school in toronto. we wore uniforms and a tie. on holidays and on the last friday of each month we wore home clothes to school. kids had all kids of hairstyles braids, dreadlocks, permed, long hair etc. you hair has to be clean and neat and not be smelly. you had teachers checking your dressing every morning in class and if your hair or clothes, skirt was too short you would get a warning, detention or be sent home. kids must be left to be kids. no one would cut anyones hair. if the school does not like your hair you have a choice to leave the school or speak to the principal. the teachers who touches and cuts your hair thats an assault and those responsible must be suspended without pay until the girls hair grows back to what it was
ATTA 10 months ago

What does haruna know about Holy Quran? He only bares a Muslim name.

What does haruna know about Holy Quran? He only bares a Muslim name.
Shithole 10 months ago

Wei wei

Wei wei
Kwam 10 months ago

I seriously don't know why we are crying over this directive. Some of us went to secondary school for seven @7yrs in a missed school for boys and girls, even that time we the boys had nice hair cut, the girls had simple hair ...
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I seriously don't know why we are crying over this directive. Some of us went to secondary school for seven @7yrs in a missed school for boys and girls, even that time we the boys had nice hair cut, the girls had simple hair. No overgrown hair was allowed for the seven years. So why are we all crying as if this is the first time we are hearing such a policy.?l support the directive. If in the nursing schools, security services training schools, such policy are enforced to the latter, what prevents our senior high schools from doing same .?
ST Ghfuo: CANADIANS ARE BIASED, DISHONEST 10 months ago

kwam, in your day there were no computers, no cellphnes, no tablets, no online teaching modules either...if you can tell/convince me how hairstyles make school kids unproductive and indisciplined, then i will encourage the cu ...
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kwam, in your day there were no computers, no cellphnes, no tablets, no online teaching modules either...if you can tell/convince me how hairstyles make school kids unproductive and indisciplined, then i will encourage the cutting of hair. but until that happens, let the kids be. im sure you live in a western nation. go to any public, private or catholic school near you and look at the hairstyles of the kids and ask the teachers why they allow the kids to allow such hairstlyes in school?
ST Ghfuo: CANADIANS ARE BIASED, DISHONEST 10 months ago

zongo face with masallachi ideas. very soon this zongo boy will decree everyone must learn arabic in school. eat muslim food in boarding as school feeding without monetary significance...this guy should be working with zoomli ...
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zongo face with masallachi ideas. very soon this zongo boy will decree everyone must learn arabic in school. eat muslim food in boarding as school feeding without monetary significance...this guy should be working with zoomlion he will do a great job. not education appuuuu wei?

Prudhomme - Ghanaians - Phucking Idrisu Mahama 10 months ago

This stupid looking Idrisu Mahama wants Ghanaian girls to look as ugly as he is. Mother4ucker is stuck in the 19th century!

This stupid looking Idrisu Mahama wants Ghanaian girls to look as ugly as he is. Mother4ucker is stuck in the 19th century!
Kafui 10 months ago

That's the rules and regulations of GES. If you are not okay with that, send your kids to where you think you can, simple....

That's the rules and regulations of GES. If you are not okay with that, send your kids to where you think you can, simple....
54321 10 months ago

but this man paa, has he been living under a hole all this while?
why the pretence or is he seeking prominence?

but this man paa, has he been living under a hole all this while?
why the pretence or is he seeking prominence?
Populist 10 months ago

Which haram. Shut up . Hypocrite

Which haram. Shut up . Hypocrite
Koppong 10 months ago

Corrupt system

Corrupt system
KGB 10 months ago

It's true that every institutions have their bylaws but there is no bylaws that supersedes individual human rights to education. Uniformity is not quality. When politians send their children overseas for education, they so n ...
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It's true that every institutions have their bylaws but there is no bylaws that supersedes individual human rights to education. Uniformity is not quality. When politians send their children overseas for education, they so not because there is uniformity but rather the quality of education. Short hair style cannot mould anybody to become a better person. We watch our leaders accumulate wealth through dubious means with no impunity what do they expect the young ones to do when they placed in high positions after graduation? We are a currupt society and Short hair cut won't make the country a better place until our leaders start leading by a example which won't happen because of greed therefore corruption in Ghana will forever be a generational disease that we will keep passing on.
PLO 10 months ago

So are you suggesting that there shouldn't be rules to check appearance? Then why not advocate that SHS students should wear uniform? Every institution has its rules and regulations and so parents who don't subscribe to the M ...
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So are you suggesting that there shouldn't be rules to check appearance? Then why not advocate that SHS students should wear uniform? Every institution has its rules and regulations and so parents who don't subscribe to the Minister/MoE/GES directive can opt for sxhools where long hair is permissible
Kweku Benn 10 months ago

It’s all nonsense that these ministers will follow and make incessant headline news..you guys don’t want to grow why??

Where in the world you require girls hair to be cut in schools. Why these bush attitude behaviors a ...
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It’s all nonsense that these ministers will follow and make incessant headline news..you guys don’t want to grow why??

Where in the world you require girls hair to be cut in schools. Why these bush attitude behaviors at all???
Kwame Angel 10 months ago

Foolish argument. The Minister is not asking girls to remove their hair. Keep it low, keep it decent and focus on your books. To hell with your freedom of whatever in the constitution.

Foolish argument. The Minister is not asking girls to remove their hair. Keep it low, keep it decent and focus on your books. To hell with your freedom of whatever in the constitution.
Holy Sinner 10 months ago

WHAT HAS HARAM GOT TO DO WITH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. Stay away from our education system. We need no boko haram skirmishes in Ghana. Stop the NONSENSE and let the education minister do his job. Schools are governed by rules an ...
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WHAT HAS HARAM GOT TO DO WITH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. Stay away from our education system. We need no boko haram skirmishes in Ghana. Stop the NONSENSE and let the education minister do his job. Schools are governed by rules and regulations since our time when the name haram and boko what not has nit been heard. No form of religion should interfere in our education system. Stop this NONSENSE.
May 10 months ago

Scholars? Ignorance.

Scholars? Ignorance.
Bobo 10 months ago

What's the noise about this directive? My daughter who's so hairy and leaves her hair to grow in unimaginable proportion even trims it when school reopens and when I ask her why she tells me to have time for her books. And th ...
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What's the noise about this directive? My daughter who's so hairy and leaves her hair to grow in unimaginable proportion even trims it when school reopens and when I ask her why she tells me to have time for her books. And this directive too has turned into something else. Smh
USUS 10 months ago

Edu Minister, exclude your muslim girls to go around with their stinky hijjab covered heads. No problem here.

Edu Minister, exclude your muslim girls to go around with their stinky hijjab covered heads. No problem here.
Var capitata 10 months ago

This is not Afghanistan, Iraq or Iran. So this Hadith things can't occur here.
Simple!

This is not Afghanistan, Iraq or Iran. So this Hadith things can't occur here.
Simple!
Kweku Gymfi 10 months ago

Yes power has started getting into their heads. A minister of education ought to be far better than this. Let's watch it.

Yes power has started getting into their heads. A minister of education ought to be far better than this. Let's watch it.
Koppong 10 months ago

Mahama and Haruna and co have no exposure
They only see what’s in Ghana
These guys would send us into the ditch
Vote them out

Mahama and Haruna and co have no exposure
They only see what’s in Ghana
These guys would send us into the ditch
Vote them out
Kojois 10 months ago

That is what you voted for. Reset agenda fools.

That is what you voted for. Reset agenda fools.
Npp 10 months ago

How old is this guy toy

How old is this guy toy
Don 10 months ago

Completing school with good grades and with bad character is worthless. I know brilliant students who are today on drugs due to uncontrolled behavior back at school

Completing school with good grades and with bad character is worthless. I know brilliant students who are today on drugs due to uncontrolled behavior back at school
don 10 months ago

very serious,,a certain Achimota rasta guy,,,,so soon

very serious,,a certain Achimota rasta guy,,,,so soon
My point 10 months ago

Religious groups are part of Ghanas problems .if it's alone can correct people why do we have criminals in our country where everyone is either a Christians or a Muslim.

Religious groups are part of Ghanas problems .if it's alone can correct people why do we have criminals in our country where everyone is either a Christians or a Muslim.
Kj 10 months ago

Masa, what are you talking about? If that's your argument then girls from SDA, Deeper Life, other rastafarians should be allowed to go to school with their scarves, less I forget traditional worshipers. Are you the only peopl ...
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Masa, what are you talking about? If that's your argument then girls from SDA, Deeper Life, other rastafarians should be allowed to go to school with their scarves, less I forget traditional worshipers. Are you the only people who have religious rights to protect.
Obiba JK. 10 months ago

Stop your nonsense Mallam we are not in mecca we are Ghanaian and a sovereign nation.

Stop your nonsense Mallam we are not in mecca we are Ghanaian and a sovereign nation.
Ernest Deh 10 months ago

The Honorable Minister spoke within the context of supporting the Heads and Leadership of the public schools to confidently exercise their authority in such cases.
CONSIDERATIONS ON HEALTH AND RELIGIOUS BASIS HAVE ALWAYS BEE ...
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The Honorable Minister spoke within the context of supporting the Heads and Leadership of the public schools to confidently exercise their authority in such cases.
CONSIDERATIONS ON HEALTH AND RELIGIOUS BASIS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE HEADS AND LEADERSHIP OF THESE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! And the minister just reiterated his unwavering support for the Heads in making such decisions necessary for a conducive learning environment.
JULOR CAESAR 10 months ago

Nothing but a Taliban and Boko Haram intrusion in the rights of students regarding their hair. Dress code for students makes sense, but the imposition of hair length on students makes no sense.

Nothing but a Taliban and Boko Haram intrusion in the rights of students regarding their hair. Dress code for students makes sense, but the imposition of hair length on students makes no sense.
Aboa 10 months ago

Do we have code of conducts and code of dressing for schools? If care is not taken, students will start dressing in scatter jeans and lingerie and transparent dress to class and be demanding their right to dress in schools. W ...
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Do we have code of conducts and code of dressing for schools? If care is not taken, students will start dressing in scatter jeans and lingerie and transparent dress to class and be demanding their right to dress in schools. We NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
JACK TORONTO 10 months ago

When was the policy implemented? This has been there for years, so why are you guys now complaining?

When was the policy implemented? This has been there for years, so why are you guys now complaining?
Donatus 10 months ago

Corruption and stealing are my concern of indiscipline. We are not a disciplined society.

Corruption and stealing are my concern of indiscipline. We are not a disciplined society.
Tolon 10 months ago

Haruna is not a good Muslim because he only prays occasional prayers(Big prayers) like Eid

Haruna is not a good Muslim because he only prays occasional prayers(Big prayers) like Eid
Moses 10 months ago

It's not the ministers policy, it has been the norm since since or are u now coming to ghana

It's not the ministers policy, it has been the norm since since or are u now coming to ghana
Samurai 10 months ago

Of all the problems plaguing the education system, this is the priority??? smh

Of all the problems plaguing the education system, this is the priority??? smh
Jibril 10 months ago

Haruna Iddrissu is only diverting attention from his monumental failure at ensuring corruption-free placement of students under the CSSP system. Under him parents are paying huge sums of money to place their unqualified stude ...
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Haruna Iddrissu is only diverting attention from his monumental failure at ensuring corruption-free placement of students under the CSSP system. Under him parents are paying huge sums of money to place their unqualified students in the country's prime SHSs. And all he can do is issue Fatwas on native language teaching and hairstyles for students?

Of course, now that we are busy discussing these frivolous matters, haven't we forgotten about the huge mess in school placement under his watch? Clever try, Haruna, but we got you beat.
Reason 10 months ago

He needs to speak out against a Catholic University in Damongo as well.

He needs to speak out against a Catholic University in Damongo as well.
T.J Newtown 10 months ago

Stupid non entity mallam

Stupid non entity mallam

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'Your schoolgirls' haircut policy is haram' - Islamic scholar tells education minister

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