The Wesley Girls' High School Old Girls' Association (OGA) has firmly rejected recent public claims alleging religious discrimination at the prestigious Cape Coast-based senior high school, indicating the assertions are unfounded and misleading.

In a statement dated December 11, 2025, and signed by OGA President Harriet Wereko-Brobby, the association defended the school’s long-standing culture of diversity, inclusion, and religious tolerance, stressing that its Methodist heritage has historically enhanced — rather than impeded — students’ academic, moral, and holistic development.

"Wesley Girls' High School Cape Coast has, throughout its history, welcomed students from diverse religious backgrounds, including various denominations of Christians and students of other faiths. All have thrived within a well-structured environment, deeply rooted in the school's Methodist values. The OGA, therefore, rejects any attempt to portray the school as intolerant or discriminatory," the statement said.

While reaffirming the school’s openness to students of different faiths, the OGA clarified that Wesley Girls’ High School could not reasonably accommodate every individual religious expression. It explained that institutional guidelines applied uniformly to all students, regardless of creed, and were designed to safeguard discipline, performance, and the school’s hard-earned reputation.

The association cautioned that attempting to accommodate all forms of religious expression — Christian or otherwise — at the expense of the school’s established culture and traditions could introduce unmanageable complexities.

"The OGA emphasises that Wesley Girls' High School Cape Coast, stands in loco parentis to the thousands of girls under its care. In ensuring appropriate supervision, the school has developed objective standard guidelines which also accord with the letter and spirit of the 2024 MOU. All students are required to comply with these guidelines in order to maintain the level of discipline, safety and health deemed necessary to achieve its high standards of performance. This may not allow the school to accept all individual preferences which are likely to distort the school's standard curriculum, schedule and monitoring systems. The School's guidelines apply, without any discrimination, to all students," the statement said.

"Recognising that Wesley Girls' High School Cape Coast is home to students from diverse faith backgrounds, the OGA also realises that any allowance made for one particular faith, has to be made for all other faiths in the interests of impartiality. It is neither practical nor sustainable to expect individualised religious accommodations, that could eventually compromise the school's order, safety, and long-standing traditions which underpin its enviable status."

Addressing the role of the state in relation to the school, the statement noted that government support does not diminish the authority or foundational role of the Methodist Church Ghana, which established the school more than a century ago.

It maintained that the church retains the moral and spiritual mandate to operate the institution in a manner it deems most beneficial to both the school and its students, emphasising that this foundation continues to shape Wesley Girls’ identity and standards.

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