The Supreme Court has given the Board of Directors of Wesley Girls Senior High School in Cape Coast 14 days to respond to allegations made by the plaintiff in the case challenging the constitutionality of certain directives of the school.
The plaintiff, Shafic Osman is at the Supreme alleging that Wesley Girls Senior High School’s policy, which forces Muslim girls to attend Christian service and prevents the Muslim girls from practicing their religion, is inconsistent with the provisions of the 1992 constitution.
In court on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, the seven-member panel hearing the case, which has Justice Gabriel Pwamang as the president, was of the view that the school’s board of directors needed to respond to these factual allegations to help the court to establish the facts if they wish to.
Meanwhile, the court has given the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, who represented the Ministry of Education, leave to file his amended statement of case replacing the file he filed earlier.
In his amended statement of case, the A-G is arguing that Wesley Girls High School is owned by the Methodist Church and not the state hence has the right to practice its religion in line with Methodist Christian Faith.
He added that Wesley Girls' Senior High School is entitled to government funding despite its character of religious ownership.
As a result, he is of the view that the state cannot take away the religious rights of the school simply because the school receives government funding.
In a related development, Democracy Hub, represented by Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has filed an application to offer information to the court on the determination of the matter.
He has been asked by the bench to hold on for the court and the parties to agree on the issues for determination before filing his case.
The panel, before adjourning the matter indefinitely, urged all parties to limit discussing and analysing the case on social media.
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