Asiedu Nketiah backs greater role for churches in managing mission schools

National Chairman of NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has backed calls by the Christian Council of Ghana for the state to grant religious bodies a greater role in the management of mission-founded schools.

The role of religious organisations in managing Ghana’s mission schools has been the subject of a long-running national debate.

He said the main motivation for religious bodies to invest in schools was to enable their members to raise children according to the core beliefs and discipline of their faith.