Professor Kwaku Asare has added his voice to the ongoing brouhaha between a Rastafarian student and the Achimota Senior High School who have denied the student admission because of his hair.
The school has insisted that the student’s hairdo goes contrary to the school rules and until he cuts it down, he’ll not be admitted.
Although the GES earlier issued a directive to the school to admit the Rastafarian student, Achimota stood on its ground insisting they cannot admit him.
Reacting to this on Facebook, Prof Azar indicated that the same Achimota school allowed Major Boakye Gyan to practice ancestral worshipping although it is a Catholic school.
“Our public schools have always tolerated religious rights. Achimota allowed Major Boakye Gyan to practice his “ancestral worshipping religion”, he wrote.
Major Boakye Gyan, a former student of Achimota, was a former military officer and a member of those who spearheaded the June 4, 1979, coup d’état.
“I attended Catholic schools and they allowed students of other faiths to practice their religion. This accommodation was not only right but it was an important lesson on tolerance to us,” Azar wrote on his Facebook timeline.
“Quite apart from religious tolerance, our schools have also accommodated students’ health needs. Kwabotwe [Mfantsipim School] allowed Tsatsu Tsikata to smoke asthmatic cigarettes. Allowing Rastafarians to wear their dreads will not interfere with any educational objective.”
GhanaFeed.com
