‘The Cabinet I chair has not approved any policy to introduce Arabic, Chinese in schools’ – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has firmly rejected claims that his government has approved a policy to introduce Arabic and Chinese as subjects across Ghana’s public schools. During a citizens’ engagement at the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS) in the Upper West Region, Mahama stated that no such policy had received Cabinet approval and urged the public to disregard the reports.

He expressed skepticism about the wisdom of introducing Chinese at a time when Ghana is still struggling to recruit enough teachers for French lessons, which he deemed crucial due to Ghana’s shared borders with Francophone countries. Mahama clarified that the presence of Arabic in some schools is not due to a new nationwide policy but rather the result of English-Arabic schools established during the era of the late President Jerry John Rawlings to encourage Muslim communities hesitant to enroll their children due to concerns about religious conversion.

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