A diary of secondary and tertiary-cycle educational institutions established by the Muslim community in Ghana
In this article the second and third cycle educational institutions established by members of the Muslim community in Ghana is considered.
From the Gold Coast to the immediate post independent (1957) period of Ghana Muslim waged a political war to get government sponsored schools, in which the Quran and Arabic would be taught alongside secular subjects taught in Public and Christian Mission schools. But to no avail. In the interim their wards continued to attend public and Christian Mission Schools, while studying the Quran and Arabic privately to supplement their secular studies. As part of the developmental process they converted these Quranic Schools (Makarantas) into the Arabic-English schools that later served as the launch pad for the rapid development of typical Islamic institutions into Western type educational institutions in the country.
Since then a number of Islamic senior high schools have been established. In 2000 a non-governmental organisation then established the first Islamic University in the country. The secondary and tertiary institutions are as follows;
(1) Al-Basar, Mixed, Private Located At Awotwe-Nii Bortey Junction, Category F (2015). (2) Ahamansu Islamic Senior High School, Mixed, Public, Location: Ahamansiu, Oti Region, Category C. (3) Al-Azhariya Islamic Senior High School, Mix, Public, Location, Old Tafo – Kumasi, Category B (2001). (4) Al-Khulafa Arashiduun Islamic Senior High School, Mixed, Private, Location: Ekumfi Twea, Central Region, Category F. (5) Al-Maktum Islamic Senior High School, Mixed, Private, Category F. (6) Anbariya Senior High School, Mixed, Public, Location: Tamale, Northern Region, Category E. (7) Anisa Senior High School, Mixed, Private, Location: Madina, Greater Accra, Category F. (8) Asuaj Senior High School, Private, Location: Sonlo, Upper West, Category F. (9) Ejura Islamic Senior High School, Private, Location: Ejura Dromanku, Ashanti, Category F. (10) Ghana Muslim Mission Senior High School, Public, Location: Beposo, Ashanti, Category B. (11) Ghana-Lebanon Islamic Senior High School, Private, Mixed, Location: Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Greater Accra, Category F – (2000). (12) Islamic Senior High School, Public, Mixed, Location: Ampabame, Ashanti, Category B – 1975. (13) Islamic Senior High School, Public, Mixed, Location: Wa, Upper West, Category C. (14) Jamiat Al-Hidaya Islamic Girls Senior High, Public, Girls, Location: Wa, Upper West, Category C. (15) Lady Fatima Girls Senior High School, Private, Girls, Location: Sakora No.5, Adantan, Greater Accra, Category F. (16) Nurul Ameen Islamic Senior High School, Mixed, Public, Location: Asewase In Kumasi, Ashanti, Category B. (17) Sakofia Islamic Senior High School, Mixed, Public, Location: Sawaba, Ashanti, Category B (Private In 2003, Public In 2013) (18) Siddiq Senior High, Mixed, Public, Location: Agona Nyakrom, Central, Category B. (19) Tijaniyya Senior High School, Mixed, Public, Location: Asokore, Ashanti, Category C. (20) Suhum Islamic Girls Senior High School (21) Tiwnikili International Senior High School, Mixed, Private, Location: Kanda-Accra, Category F. (22) Unity International College, Mixed, Private, Location: Frafraha, Greater Accra, Category F. (23) Uthman Bin Affan Senior High School, Mixed, Public, Located At Kamgbuzi, Western Region, Category C – (2022). (24) Usmaniya Senior High School, Mixed, Public, Location: Tafo, Ashanti, Category C-(2005). (25) Tamale Islamic Science Senior High School, Mixed, Public, Location: Tamale, Northern Region, Category C.
Tertiary
(1) Islamic University college of Ghana affiliated to the university of Ghana, legon. Established in 2000 by the Ahlul Bait from Iran. It is located at Agyiringanor in Accra. Offers tuition in the Arts (Humanities) (2) Madina Institute of Science and Technology located at lake-side in Accra. Offers tuition in science and Technology. (3) Al-Farouk College of Education at Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo. Offers tuition in Education. (4) Ghana Muslim Mission College of Education located at Beposo in Ashanti. (5) College of Islamic University, affiliated to the International University of Africa, Sudan. (6) College of the Holy Quran and Islamic Studies, located at Madina in Accra. The Dean is Dr. Ahmad Omar. (7) Islamic Research Institute, Nima, offers tuition in Arabic and Islamic Studies. (8) Islamic Nursing Training College, located at Kokrobite, Accra. (9) Al-Huda University College of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
A significant number of the senior high schools have only been recently established. They would therefore need heavy fusion of technical and financial assistance to enable them overcome the teething problems and challenges that newly established schools face in developing. Here is challenge for the middle eastern sponsors.
Conclusion
Having nearly overcome the fundamental problem of adapting Western education into the Islamic education by the introduction of the Quran and Arabic, the Muslim Community is poised to make unrelented progress in the national education programme.
BY KHALID KOFI AHMAD
