According to Bishop Louis, many Catholic schools nationwide struggle to fulfill their mission due to government policies. He emphasized the need to address this issue to ensure the continued advancement of Catholic education.
In an interview with journalists in Accra, Bishop Louis highlighted the importance of providing pastoral care to Catholic students in non-Catholic schools as well.
He noted that due to the Computer placement system in Senior High Schools, a significant number of Catholic children find themselves enrolled in non-Catholic institutions.
In response, he said the Archdiocese under the leadership of Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie is considering a strategy where every parish would view schools within its territory, including non-Catholic schools, as outstations. This would enable them to provide pastoral care to Catholic students regardless of their educational institution.
“We need to advance the mission of the Catholic Schools. Many of the Catholic Schools, not only in the Archdiocese but across the country, are not able to realise the purpose for which they were established because of government policies,” the Bishop said.
He added that, “We want to also pay attention to the Pastoral care of Catholics in non-Catholic Schools because of the Computer placement in the Senior High Schools, quite a number of Catholic children are not in Catholics Schools because they are placed automatically through that system and so we are trying to look at it this way as a strategy to make every Parish look at the schools within its territory including non-Catholic schools and see them as outstations of the Parish and provide pastoral care for them.”
